Italian-born Joseph Stella wrote that Coney Island was the 'most intense arabesque... [of the] swelling crowds and spinning machines that generated violent, dangerous pleasures' presented. This cacophony of electric lights, spinning dancers and shining steel beams of the Ferris wheel and roller coasters was his first American subject. Fragments of honky-tonk signs refer to the resort's popular attractions, such as Steeplechase Park and Feltman's restaurant, where the hot dog was invented. The letters C-O-M refer to the commedia dell'arte, the European equivalent of secular Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), in French, is the name of the day before Ash Wednesday. In Dutch, however, people usually speak of Vastenavond (Shrove Tuesday), the last night of the carnival festival.
Joseph Stella (born Giuseppe Michele Stella, 13 June 1877 - 5 November 1946) was an Italian-born American futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his depictions of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s to 1940s.
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