A Tumultuous Assembly. Numerical Sensibility (Une Assemblée tumultueuse. Sensibilité numérique) published in Les mots en liberté futuristes. Artist: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, born Egypt, Alexandria 1876-1944 Bellagio, Italy). Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 13 in. (26.7 x 33.0 cm). Date: 1919.A Tumultuous Assembly: Numerical Sensibility is an example of tavole parolibere (free-word pictures). In this print, the subject of which is Italy's victory in World War I, Marinetti drew from visual collage and parole in libertà (words-in-freedom) and eschewed regulations of grammar and syntax to create a work that can be interpreted both visually and aurally. A Tumultuous Assembly: Numerical Sensibility liberates numbers, signs, letters, and images from their functional responsibilities, exaggerates forms, and juxtaposes diverse elements, thereby producing unexpected associations. The Futurists celebrated the potential of war, drawing analogies between weaponry, such as torpedoes and bombs, and F