Italian Futurist Theatre, 1909-1944
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 3 September 1998
- ISBN 9780198158981
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages610 pages
- Size 242x163x39 mm
- Weight 1215 g
- Language English
- Illustrations black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
Italian Futurist Theatre provides an overview of the theatrical activities of the Italian Futurist movement, headed by F. T. Marinetti. It analyses the theory and practice of Futurist performance, covers the theatre work of all leading artists and writers of the movement, and discusses the main aims and achievements of their theatrical experiments. The main focus of the study is directed towards reconstructing the performance history of Futurist theatre. But it also incorporates aspects of dramatic writing, stage and costume design, theatre architecture, dance and opera, and is heavily illustrated.
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Italian Futurist Theatre provides an overview of the theatrical activities of the Italian Futurist movement, headed by F. T. Marinetti. It analyses the theory and practice of Futurist performance, covers the theatre work of all leading artists and writers of the movement, and discusses the principal aims and achievements of their theatrical experiments. The main focus of the study is directed towards reconstructing the performance history of Futurist theatre. But it also incorporates aspects of dramatic writing, stage and costume design and theatre architecture, and is heavily illustrated.
Although the significance of Futurism for the art and culture of this century is universally acknowledged today, relatively little research has been undertaken with regard to the form of expression that was dearest to the Futurists: theatre. No other art could better demonstrate the movement's concept of 'art as action', propagate its anti-traditionalist stance and demonstrate its modernist aims and aesthetics. Yet the myriads of Futurist experiments in the performing arts have been neglected by scholars, partly because documentation is not easily available, partly because of the inherent problems of reconstructing performances of the past.
This volume is the first comprehensive study of Italian Futurist theatre in the English language. It is the result of a major research project, supported by the British Academy, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Cultural Heritage. This highly original book is predominantly based on documents discovered in the course of ten years of extensive investigations in Italian archives, libraries, and private collections.
... Gunter Berghaus has filled a gap, giving at the same time a very sound account of the evolution of the ideas that Futurism engendered. The book is well designed, offering short chronological chapters with good illustrations and notes at the end of each./ Masolino D'Amico, TLS, 14/05/99.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Part I: Introduction
Futurist Theatre: A Preliminary Characterization
The State of Italian Theatre Before the Advent of Futurism
Marinetti's Early Writings and Aesthetics: A Prelude to Futurism
The Founding of the Futurist Movement and the First Manifestos
Part II: The Birth of a Futurist Theatre
Political Action Theatre as a Performative Genre
The Beginnings of a Futurist Performance Art: The Early serate
Futurist Dramatic Theory: The Early Manifestos
Futurism and the Professional Theatre: The First Companies Touring with a Futurist Repertoire
Theatre Performances in Art Galleries
The Stage Works of Giacomo Balla
Enrico Prampolini's Early Futurist Career
Fortunato Depero's Theatrical Experiments of the 1910s
Part III: The Second Futurist Movement, 1920-30
Futurism Under the Fascist Regime
The Revival of Futurist Theatre in the 1920s
Futurist Cabaret, Artists' Festivals, and Banquets
From the Religion of Speed to the Cult of the Machine
The machine Art of Vinicio Paladini and Ivo Pannaggi
Fillia's Theatrical Experiments in the 1920s
Enrico Prampolini's Theatrical Career in the 1920s
Fortunato Depero's Contribution to a Futurist Mechanical Theatre
Fedele Azario and Futurist Aerial Theatre
Vasari's Apocalyptic Vision of the Futurist Machine Age
Part IV: Epilogue: Futurism in the 1930s and 1940s
Futurism Tied to the Procustrean Bed of the Fascist State
The Last Signs of Life in Futurist Theatre
Bibliography
Index
