Italian Futurism and the Machine, by Katia Pizzi, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019, xiv + 304 pp., £80.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7190-9709-6

Italian Futurism and the Machine, by Katia Pizzi, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019, xiv + 304 pp., £80.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7190-9709-6 The mechanical object is, in many ways, the Futurist symbol par excellence, whether we think of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's crashed automobil...

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Published in:Modern Italy 2020, Vol.25 (4), p.507-508
Main Author: Daly, Selena
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Avant-garde
Coda (Phonology)
Cultural factors
Fascism
Noise
World War I
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Summary:Italian Futurism and the Machine, by Katia Pizzi, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2019, xiv + 304 pp., £80.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-7190-9709-6 The mechanical object is, in many ways, the Futurist symbol par excellence, whether we think of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's crashed automobile, Luigi Russolo's ‘noise-tuner’ machines or Fortunato Depero's mechanised puppets. [...]while Pizzi does not neglect the years prior to 1918, her primary interest lies in the (lamentably) still lesser-known decades of Futurist activity from the 1920s to the 1940s. The book's conclusion provides a fascinating coda to the themes explored throughout, reflecting on the influence of Futurist machine aesthetics on popular culture, from The Terminator to Beyoncé's experiments with afrofuturism.
ISSN:1353-2944
1469-9877
DOI:10.1017/mit.2020.45