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Focusing on the relationship between Russian and Italian Futurism, this book examines the subject, and explores the energetic, creative and occasionally violent encounters of East and West in the arena of avant-garde art. It provides a survey of the Russian Futurist movement in various aspects as manifested in art, design, literature and music.

About the Author

John Milner is Professor Emeritus in Art History at the University of Newcastle and is currently teaching courses on Russian art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Professor Milner has published many books on Russian art, including Vladimir Tatlin and the Russian Avant-garde (1983), Kazimir Malevich and the Art of Geometry (1996) and A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists, 1420-1970 (1999).