Word: russolo
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Benches & Dreams. When three of the manifesto signers-Umberto Boccioni, Luigi Russolo and Carlo Carra-held a "Futurist Evening" in Turin, they set off a riot. In Bologna, Carra was nearly killed when an exasperated antifuturist hurled a bench at him, and in Treviso the three painters had to be rescued by the police from a mob. But the searing colors and frenzied designs of the futurists had their purpose: to depict not the surface world but the latent powers asleep within...
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