The cities of the Italian Futurism

Antonio Pizza, architect and UPC professor publishes “The cities of the Italian Futurism. Life and modern art (1909-1915)”, a panoramic itinerary through the leading figures of this artistic movement, going over the path among the biographic anecdote, the intellectual chronicle and the erudition, with brings the reader at the historical moment of the beginning of the artistic avant-garde in the Europe of the beginning of the twentieth Century.

Antonio Pizza writes a clever essay, of who wants to reach a broad public, with a style will and a critical detail that does not bother, quite the opposite, reinforces and emphasises the strong points of its discourse.

The Italian Futurism, the big movement of the artistic avant-garde, achieves an important redrawing up of the space idea, both in the artistic representation area and in the interpretation of the city. Antonio Pizza, recognised scholar of this cultural movement, reveals with skill how the different futurism artists (Marinetti, Boccioni, Balla, Carrà, Severini y Depero) put into words the «lived through place». In this book, the modern city is explored from numerous divisions: as reflection object, militant polemic centre or scene of spectacular explanations. Even though this edition adheres to a specific spatial and temporary area (Milan, Paris, Berlin and Rome, between 1909 y 1915), the Futurism keeps very active in the later years, and still nowadays, the central concepts that led its contemporary city interpretation continue fully valid.

Illustrated with a painstaking selection of images and texts, “The cities of the Italian Futurism” is an ineluctable work in order to understand the influence of this artistic movement nowadays and its existential contexts.

INDEX

Modern preludes in a provincial town.
Artistic symbolisms and new urban shapes.
«La ville qui monte».
Travels and literature.
The art as a conflict.
Beginning of a futuristic aesthetics.
Time representations.
The architecture as a target.
«La città nuova».
The capitals of art: Paris and Berlin.
The dispute with the Cubism.
«Ricostruzione futurista dell’universo».
Documentary annex.
Quoted bibliography.
Consulted bibliography.

Dates.- 19.30 h. February 10th, 2015.
Venue.- Bookstore La Central in Mallorca street 237| 08008 Barcelona, Spain. Free admision.

CREDITS.-

Title.- Las ciudades del futurismo italiano.
Author.- Antonio Pizza De Nanno.
Editorial.- Universidad de Barcelona. Publicaciones y Ediciones / Universitat de Barcelona.
Language.- Spanish.
Format.- Hard cover.
Pages.- 220.
Size.- 17 x 23 cm.
ISBN/ISSN.- 978-84-475-3867-6.
EAN.- 9788447538676.

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ANTONIO PIZZA

Antonio Pizza (Foggia, Italy, 1957) is an architect and Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB-UPC). He specializes in the relationship between culture and architecture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with the modern city as a central theme of his reflections. He was founder and director of CRC Architecture Gallery (Barcelona, 1985-1987) and founder and editor of the journal 3ZU: Journal d'architecture (Barcelona, 1993-1995).

He has curated various exhibitions; among them: J.Ll. Sert and the Mediterranean with J. Freixa and J.M. Rovira, Col.legi Oficial d’Arquitectes de Barcelona (1997); A.C. G.A.T.E.P.A.C. 1931-1937 with E. Granell, J.M. Rovira and J.A. Sanz, Reina Sofia National Museum of Art, Madrid (2008); Depero and the futuristic reconstruction of the universe, Fundació La Pedrera, Barcelona (2013).

He has edited these exhibitions' respective catalogs, and won the 2007 FAD Prize in the category of thought and critical of the GATCPAC, 1928-1939 catalog: nova architecture per a una nova ciutat. He has published books like The construction of the past. Reflections on history, art and architecture (Madrid, 2000), Depero i futuristic reconstructio de l'univers (Foundation Catalunya-La Pedrera, Barcelona, 2013) and Chicago. La città dei grattacieli (1871-1922) (Edizioni Unicopli, Milan, 2013). The cities of Italian Futurism. Life and modern art: Milan, Paris, Berlin, Rome (1909-1915) (Barcelona, 2014) or Inhabitants of the abyss. Literature, art and criticism in the Paris of Baudelaire (Madrid, 2017), among others.

Published on: February 10, 2015

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