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Bragaglia, Anton Giulio, 1890-1960

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Personal name headingBragaglia, Anton Giulio, 1890-1960
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Associated countryItaly
Birth date18900211
Death date19600715
Place of birthFrosinone (Italy)
Place of deathRome (Italy)
Field of activityFuturism (Art) Photography Motion pictures--Production and direction
Profession or occupationArtists Motion picture producers and directors
Found inHis Fotodinamismo futurista, c1980: t.p. (Anton Giulio Bragaglia) cover (1890-1960)
LC data base, 11-25-83 (hdg.: Bragaglia, Anton Giulio, 1890-1960)
Wikipedia, December 26, 2014 (Anton Giulio Bragaglia; 11 February 1890-15 July 1960; pioneer in Italian Futurist photography and Futurist cinema. A versatile and intellectual artist with wide interests, he wrote about film, theatre, and dance; born in Frosinone, Lazio; died in Rome, Italy; In 1911 he published the treatise Fotodinamismo and began lecturing on the concept. In the same year he became the chief editor of the art and theater newspaper "L'Artista". He published two Futurist manifestos, Fotodinamica Futurista (1912) and Manifesto of Futurist Cinema (1916). In 1916 he founded the avant garde magazine Cronache di Attualità, which examined politics, music, theater and art from a Futurist standpoint. In the same year he founded the film studio "Novissima-Film", and produced some visionary Futurist films including Thais (also known as Perfido incanto).)
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