Anton Giulio Bragaglia

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Anton Giulio Bragaglia (born February 11, 1890 in Frosinone , † July 15, 1960 in Rome ) was an Italian artist of Futurism who primarily devoted himself to photography, film and stage design.

Life

Bragaglia was born as the son of Francesco Bragaglia , one of the pioneers of Italian film , and from the age of 16 worked as an assistant director at Cines , his father's company. In addition, he devoted himself to photographic experiments that were supposed to depict motion sequences on a picture. Based on the futuristic manifestos , he developed a theory of futuristic photography, which he published under the title La Fotodinamica . But neither with this theory, nor with his book Fotodinamismo Futurista or with his numerous lectures, he was able to convince the majority of Milanese futurists of the artistic aspects of his work. Above all, Umberto Boccioni denied photography any aesthetic qualities, which meant that Anton Giulio and his brother Arturo Bragalia were denied acceptance into the narrower circle of futurists, although they both enjoyed the support of Marinetti and Balla .

In 1916, Bragaglia founded the film production company Novissima and made three films (set by Enrico Prampolini ). Of these films ( Perfido incanto , Il mio cadavere and Thais ), only the latter, the only futuristic film, has survived .

In 1918 Bragaglia founded the Casa d'Arte Bragaglia in Rome , and in 1922 also a small theater. In 1931 he made another film ( Vele amminate ), but then turned back to theater work and directed a. a. from 1937 to 1943 the Teatro delle Arti . From 1945 he was active as a representative of Italy in the theater sector at UNESCO , but continued to direct the theater and was active as a set designer, essayist and critic. Two long documentaries from the early 1950s are also on his list of creations.

His brother Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia was a well-known film director.

literature

  • Evelyn Benesch, Ingried Brugger (Ed.): Futurism. Radical avant-garde . Mazzotta, Milan 2003, ISBN 88-202-1602-7 (catalog of the exhibition of the same name, March 7 - June 29, 2003 in Vienna).

Web links

Commons : Anton Giulio Bragaglia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thaïs (1917) , on acinemahistory.com, accessed April 3, 2016
  2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 70
personal data
SURNAME Bragaglia, Anton Giulio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian artist of futurism
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Frosinone
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1960
Place of death Rome