Luigi Russolo, Futurist [electronic resource] : Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult
Chessa, Luciano.
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press,
c2012.
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)-painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement-was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. As creator of the first systematic poetics of noise and inventor of what has been considered the first mechanical sound synthesizer, Russolo looms large in the development of twentieth-century music. In the first English language study of Russolo, Luciano Chessa emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Ch
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE. Luigi Russolo from the Formative Years to 1913; 1. Futurism as a Metaphysical Science; 2. Occult Futurism; 3. Spotlight on Russolo; 4. Painting Noise: La musica; 5. Russolo and Synesthesia; 6. Russolo's Metaphysics; PART TWO. The Art of Noises and the Occult; 7. Intonarumori Unveiled; 8. The Spirali di Rumori; 9. The Arte dei "Romori"; 10. Controversial Leonardo; 11. Third Level; Conclusion: Materialist Futurism?; Notes
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)-painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement-was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. As creator of the first systematic poetics of noise and inventor of what has been considered the first mechanical sound synthesizer, Russolo looms large in the development of twentieth-century music. In the first English language study of Russolo, Luciano Chessa emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Ch
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
Russolo, Luigi
Futurism (Music).
Futurism (Music).
Russolo, Luigi - Criticism and interpretation.
Russolo, Luigi -- Criticism and interpretation.
Visual arts.
Futurism (Music)