Marinetti and the model of the modern artist
Keywords:
Marinetti, Futurism, Decadent movement, Fascism, modern artist
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze the figure of the artist at the beginning of the 20th century trough the texts and the thought of the Italian poet Filippo Tomasso Marinetti. Based his ideas on the decadent movement, Marinetti creates a model of artist in which the concepts of genius and artistic freedom, linked to Romanticism, have a great influence. Bur he also adds new elements with a strong relevance for the social and politic circumstances. Among them, they were those that connected the futurist artist to the politic of his time, to the fascism and to the ways of communication with the big multitudes, that were getting increasingly important. Obsessed with the idea of progress, Marinetti aspired to create a new artist capable of generate a new world that inserted definitively Italy into the modernity.Downloads
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Published
2016-09-09
How to Cite
Hernández C. (2016). Marinetti and the model of the modern artist. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 28(3), 601-621. https://doi.org/10.5209/ARIS.52748
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