Tag Archives: Benedetto Croce

the almighty is not interested in creating paintings

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Dave

Andre Malraux’s Metamorphosis of the Gods and the making of the personal deity for an agnostic secular society. After the Enlightenment, the Gods engaged in popular bourgeois culture. us and them became increasingly us with them circling around us in … Continue reading →

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futurism: kicking the can down the road

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dave

…But in 1938, when Mussolini, at Hitler’s insistence , began to persecute Italy’s Jews, Marinetti published an open letter denouncing anti-Smitism in the arts. The act took courage. But courage had never been Marinetti’s short suit. Thus, in World War … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Benedetto Croce, Death of Marinetti, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, G.M. Carsaniga, Guillaume Apollinaire, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marinetti legacy Futurism, Marinetti Manifesto of Futurism, Republic of Salo, Republic of Salo Italy | Leave a comment

marinetti: follies of futurism

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dave

In 1920, discovering that Mussolini was being funded by industrialists and bankers, indignantly quit the party. In 1919 the new Fascist party put up its first list of nineteen candidates and all were defeated including “star” candidate Arturo Toscanini. But … Continue reading →

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history re-eats itself

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Dave

Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? An appealing title for a savage, grim, searing, three hour dialogue between a historian and his wife. The personal situation, dominated by a screeching Earth Mother, the historian’s wife, provides the focus of … Continue reading →