http://hragvartanian.com/2008/11/21/un-ceiling-pt2/ A blog of art, culture, photography, writing and ideas. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:46:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://hragvartanian.com/2008/11/21/un-ceiling-pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-7361 hv Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:02:47 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/?p=2165#comment-7361 Yes, that's true...the early fascists used Futurism that it's notion of change to their advantage. The Fascists even commissioned some good architecture from futurist-leaning architects like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_del_Fascio" rel="nofollow">Casa del Fascio</a> in Como, Italy. The Fascists may have been assholes but they had sometimes had decent taste. Yes, that’s true…the early fascists used Futurism that it’s notion of change to their advantage. The Fascists even commissioned some good architecture from futurist-leaning architects like the Casa del Fascio in Como, Italy. The Fascists may have been assholes but they had sometimes had decent taste.

]]> http://hragvartanian.com/2008/11/21/un-ceiling-pt2/comment-page-1/#comment-7359 libhomo Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:58:54 +0000 http://hragvartanian.com/?p=2165#comment-7359 I thought Futurism predated fascism in Italy. I know it's origins were independent of fascism, and that they aligned themselves with the fascists because of their support of chaos, violence, and war. I thought Futurism predated fascism in Italy. I know it’s origins were independent of fascism, and that they aligned themselves with the fascists because of their support of chaos, violence, and war.

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