Photographing the "Phantoms of the Living": The Fotodinamismo Futurista of Anton Giulio and Arturo Bragaglia, 1911-1913

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dc.contributor.advisorCheng, Joyceen_US
dc.contributor.authorBarth, Rachelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-17T19:38:26Z
dc.date.available2014-06-17T19:38:26Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-17
dc.description.abstractBetween 1911 and 1913, two Italian brothers named Anton Giulio Bragaglia and Arturo Bragaglia produced Futurist photography which they termed "photodynamism." These images, together with the theoretical manifesto Fotodinamismo futurista, represent a remarkable effort in avant-garde photography and theory in the early 20th century. The Bragaglias' intent in making these photographs was to produce deeply emotional images of modern dynamic motion which convey the spiritual essence of human beings that becomes exteriorized in the process of physical movement. Through a short, intense campaign in 1913, Umberto Boccioni succeeded in expelling the Bragaglias from the Futurist movement. Because of this, the importance of their photography has often been neglected, underrepresented or misrepresented in scholarship. This thesis offers an alternative reading of the photodynamic project based on its occult foundation and a better sense of how to understand photodynamism within the context of the movement and the broader history of photography.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/17877
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.subjectAnton Giulio Bragagliaen_US
dc.subjectHistory of Photographyen_US
dc.subjectItalian Futurismen_US
dc.subjectItalian Futurist Photographyen_US
dc.subjectModern Arten_US
dc.subjectPhotodynamismen_US
dc.titlePhotographing the "Phantoms of the Living": The Fotodinamismo Futurista of Anton Giulio and Arturo Bragaglia, 1911-1913en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of the History of Art and Architectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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