Futurism Flashcards
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What is Futurism?
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It proclaimed itself as fundamentally opposed to culture.
It was considered by Joshua Taylor to be an impulse rather than a style
2
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What did Boccioni write?
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“Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture” (1912)
this text gave evidence of a developed architectural sensibility.
dont use honorific materials such as marble and bronze - instead use heterogenous media such as glass or steel.
he gave the intellectual and aesthetic frame of reference within Futurist Architecture
3
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What text did Sant’Elia write?
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“Messagio” (1914)
This was a preface to the Futurist (I assume) exhibition.
It was signed solely bt Sant’Elia.
It specifies without using the word “Futurist” once, the rigorous forms that architecture should adopt in the future.
