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OverviewModernitalia provides a map of the Italian twentieth century in the form of twelve essays by the celebrated cultural historian Jeffrey T. Schnapp. Shuttling back and forth between literature, architecture, design, and the visual arts, the volume explores the metaphysics of speed, futurist and dada typography, real and imaginary forms of architecture, shifting regimes of mass spectacle, the iconography of labour, exhibitions as modes of public mobilization and persuasion, and the emergence of industrial models of literary culture and communication. The figures featured in the book include Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Mario Morasso, Julius Evola, Piero Portaluppi, Giuseppe Terragni, Alessandro Blasetti, Massimo Bontempelli, Giorgio de Chirico, Bruno Munari, Curzio Malaparte, and Henry Furst. Alongside these human protagonists appear granite blocks that drive the design of modern monuments, military searchlights that animate civilian shows, worker armies viewed as machines, sunglasses that tiptoe along the boundary of the private and public, newsreels as twentieth-century interpretations of Trajan’s column, and book covers and bindings that act as authorial self-portraits. The volume captures the Italian path to cultural modernity in all of its brilliance and multiplicity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey SchnappPublisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Imprint: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers Edition: New edition Weight: 0.477kg ISBN: 9781803742236ISBN 10: 1803742232 Pages: 316 Publication Date: 28 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Why Speed is a Religion-Morality – Bad Dada – Piero Portaluppi’s Errant Line – The Monument Without Style – Border Crossings: Italian/German Peregrinations of the Theatre of Totality – Mostre – Notes on the Anatomy of the Worker – Shades (On a Premonitory Portrait by De Chirico) – Politics and Poetics in Marinetti’s Zang Tumb Tuuum – Bruno Munari’s Bombs – Suckert’s Sugar, Malaparte’s Mala Leche – The Translator (Henry Furst).ReviewsAuthor InformationJeffrey T. Schnapp is the faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard, at Harvard University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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