1. French Anarchism and Italian Futurism: 1890-1920
... that this process of dismantling the institutionalised 'art for art's sake' is the defining characteristic of the avant-garde in the early twentieth century,2 and seeing it through this lens it would appear that French anarchism laid the notably avant-garde aesthetic foundations, which later had a strong influence on the founder of Futurism- Fillipo Thomas Marinetti. As Taylor explains; "Already a familiar figure in the cafe society of Paris, Marinetti ... Futurist and Anarchist theatre. Whilst performance functioned primarily as the vehicle, the ultimate objective of theatre was to tra...
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