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OverviewOriginally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity. In this context the book reads Umberto Boccioni's Futurism as reminiscent of Thomist realism; proposes Caravaggism's historical relevance to the election of individuality in post-war realism; and draws the readers attention to the aesthetic implications in Carlo Carrà's metaphysical art and its reappraisal of the early Renaissance. Following a contextual analysis of the historic avant-garde in Part One, Part Two presents parallel discussions of Italian and British questions, articulated by the works of Marino Marini, Francis Bacon, Renato Guttuso and Stanley Spencer in their return to individuality within art's aesthetic construct. The author argues that this initiates a return to 'lost' beginnings where form seeks knowledge, content regains an ability to anarchize, and art recognizes its contingent condition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John BaldacchinoPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138579514ISBN 10: 1138579513 Pages: 182 Publication Date: 27 July 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Modus Operandi Part I: Contexts of Quidditas 1. Name, Tragedy, Farce. The Story so Far 2. Searching in Absolute. Aquinas, Bergson, Boccioni 3. Ethical Plasticism. Boccioni, Carrà, Marinetti 4. Myth, Duration. Croce, Sorel, Bergson Part II: Utterance of Fact 5. Re-Beauty. Carrà, Duns Scotus, De Chirico 6. Caravaggist Genealogies. Caravaggio, Hegel 7. Aeneas’s Guise. Marini, Bacon 8. Rehearsals. Spencer, Guttuso BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Baldacchino is the Director of the Arts Institute at the University of Madison-Winsconsin, where he is also a Professor of Arts Education. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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