Futurism, Territory and War in the Work of Fortunato Depero. (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: White, Anthony
• Is Part Of: Journal of war & culture studies. Volume 8:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 142
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: War and society -- Europe -- Periodicals; War and society -- Periodicals; War -- History -- Periodicals; War and civilization -- Europe -- Periodicals; War and civilization -- Periodicals; 303.6605
• DOI: 10.1179/1752627215Z.00000000067
• Languages: German
• ISSNs: 1752-6272

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The work of the Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero (1892–1960) conveys the geographic, cultural, and personal dislocation brought about by military conflict. Taking as its subject a series of artworks by the artist from the late 1910s and early 1920s, this article demonstrates how Depero's perception of Trentino – the region in which he was born – was transformed during World War I. As I argue, in works such as <italic>La Città meccanizzata dalle ombre</italic>, <italic>Serrada</italic> and <italic>Padre e figlio di legno</italic> of 1920 Depero explored the radical upending of Italian society, and the profound destabilization of concepts of self, of home and of national identity, that took place as a result of the war.</p> </abstract>