History

Please read: White, Anthony. (2015). “Italian futurism 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe/Italian futurism 1909-1944,” The Art Bulletin, 97(1), 104-107; Available in the Readings Reserves Folder.   And explore the website: Italian Futurism 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe; An online exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 21-September 1, 2014; Available at: http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/

   Then discuss:  You can approach this assignment in a few different ways.  You might choose to look through the different pages (Introduction, Themes, Timeline . . . ) and then watch the Video (http://exhibitions.guggenheim.org/futurism/video/) or start with the video and then go to the works of art.  After doing this describe some part of this exhibit (I especially like the paintingSpeeding Train by Ivo Pannaggi (1922)) and discuss how it reflects the theme of Technological Fundamentalism from lecture and Misa.