This week, we look at the Manifesto of The Futurist Painters, the group’s first attempt at translating Marinetti’s passionate prose into a visual medium. Legend has it that it was written by Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carra, and Luigi Russolo in a café in Milan over the course of a single day, with F.T. Marinetti swooping in at nightfall to spruce it up.
This being a podcast we thought it essential to look at some paintings. If our florid descriptions are not enough for you the paintings are available in the links below, as is the text of the manifesto.
The Manifesto
https://www.unknown.nu/futurism/painters.html
Previati Gaetano, “La Danza delle Ore”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Previati_Gaetano,_La_Danza_delle_Ore.jpg
Giovanni Segantini, “The Punishment of Lust”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punishment_of_Lust
Giovanni Segantini, “The Evil Mothers”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg
Medardo Rosso, “Bookmaker”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medardo_rosso,_bookmaker,_1902-03,_bronzo.jpg
Medardo Rosso, “Invalid in Hospital”
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/invalid-in-hospital-by-medardo-rosso-sculpture-in-patinated-news-photo/173458208
Carlo Carrà, “The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funeral_of_the_Anarchist_Galli
Giacomo Balla, “Speeding Automobile”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79343
Giacomo Balla, “Street Light”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78382
Giacomo Balla, “Dynamism of a Dog on a leash”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamism_of_a_Dog_on_a_Leash
Gino Severini, “Souvenirs de Voyage”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gino_Severini,_1911,_Souvenirs_de_Voyage,_oil_on_canvas,_47_x_75_cm,_private_collection.jpg
Gino Severini, “Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabrin”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79419
Luigi Russolo, “Profumo”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luigi_Russolo_-_Profumo_(1910).jpg
Luigi Russolo, “Solidity of Fog”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luigi_Russolo_solidity-of-fog-1912.jpg
Luigi Russolo, “Plastic Synthesis of Movements of a Woman”
https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/luigi-russolo/plastic-synthesis-of-movements-of-a-woman/
Umberto Boccioni, “The Laugh”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Boccioni_-_Laughter.jpg
Umberto Boccioni, “The Riot”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79278
Umberto Boccioni, “Three Women”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Women_by_Umberto_Boccioni,_1910.jpg
Umberto Boccioni, “The City Rises”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_Rises
