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CARRA', Carlo (Quargnento, 1881 - Milano, 1966)Guerrapittura. Futurismo Politico. Dinamismo Plastico. 12 Disegni guerreschi. Parole in libertà
Milano, Edizioni futuriste di ''Poesia'' 1915 - Edizione originale
On the frontispiece a photographic portrait of the author by M. Nunes-Vai. 12 black-and-white plates. Paroliberi compositions. In closing, two Futurist manifestos: the “Futurist Political Programme” printed vertically on a double page and the “Futurist Synthesis of War”, printed on a fold-out plate. Catalogue of Futurist editions of Poetry
Printed by the Stab. tip. Taveggia. Paperback printed on plates with beautiful typographical composition by the author
Cm 26x19, pp. [2] - 104 + 12 tavole in carta patinata Brossura (wrappers) Copertine leggermente fiorite e brunite con alcune macchie. Angoli superiori delle prime pagine con una piega (Light yellowing and sunning of cover, some stain) Molto buono (Very Good)[Rif. Salaris Claudia, Bibliografia del futurismo. Roma, Biblioteca del vascello, 1988]
In 1909, together with Boccioni, Russolo and Marinetti, he drafted the Futurist Manifesto in Milan; in 1916, together with De Chirico, he began painting metaphysical art; in 1919, together with Mario Broglio, he led the “Valori Plastici” group; in 1926, he joined the “Novecento” group. He was thus one of the leading figures in Italian art in the first and second quarters of the century, maintaining in every phase an aspiration to classical balance that reveals the direction he took after 1919 and which permanently sustained his prolific activity. Despite the nationalistic justifications given to his painting, critics have discovered connections with French painting even in the ‘Novecento' period, which sought to rediscover, after Impressionist pictorialism and the uncompromising avant-garde of Futurism, an explicit contact with tradition and a concrete awareness of the value of form. Although C. tackled monumental themes, he particularly favoured landscapes of austere simplicity, in which the search for volume, inspired by Cézanne, sometimes meets with unexpected echoes of 14th-century Italian painting. This issue is also reflected in C.'s work as a writer and art critic (Guerrapittura, 1915; Pittura metafisica, 1919; Giotto, 1924; Il rinnovamento delle arti in Italia, 1945. Many published and unpublished texts have been collected in Tutti gli scritti, 1978) (from treccani.it).
€1500