Eaismo () was a 20th-century
avant-garde
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movement
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born in
Italy
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in 1948, founded by the painter,
Voltolino Fontani, who was the main representative of it, with the poet
Marcello Landi
Marcello Landi (1916–1993) was an Italian painter and poet.
Biography
Landi was born into the artistic Landi family in Cecina in 1916. In 1948 he co-signed the ''Manifesto of Eaismo'', an analysis of man's new role in the "atomic age", along ...
, the literary critic Guido Favati and the painters
Angelo Sirio Pellegrini and
Aldo Neri
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It was also the Italian writer
Carlo Cassola
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, to talk about Eaismo by writing some articles for the magazine "Il Mondo".
The Manifesto of Eaismo, signed also by the painters Angelo Sirio Pellegrini and Aldo Neri, highlighted the pessimism and the optimism of the
Atomic age
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, but was skeptical about the supposed revolutionary power of atomic energy.
The Manifesto of Eaismo,
[Manifesto of Eaismo http: /www.wiki.base.co/index.php?title=Manifesto_of_Eaismo/ref> published in 1948, was followed by the Manifesto pittura nucleare by ]Enrico Baj
Enrico Baj (October 31, 1924 – June 15, 2003)June 15 according to the Guardian, June 17 according to the-artists.org was an Italian artist and writer on art. Many of his works show an obsession with nuclear war. He created prints, sculptur ...
(1951), and by the Mystical Manifesto, written by Salvador Dalí
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(1951).
Notes
References
Further reading
* Riccardo Rossi Menicagli, Eaismo 1948 e Post Eaismo 2018, sottotitolo: Arte dell'Era Atomica e Arte dell'Era Post Atomica, Kindle Direct Publishing del 22 dicembre 2018.
External links
* :it:Pittura Nucleare The Italian page for the arte nucleare
* :it:Era atomica The Italian page for the atomic age
* ''Haaretz'
''link read in 2015 ''
* ''Aftenposten'' innsik
'link read in 2015''
* ''China Times'
'link read in 2015''
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