More on Futurism, 1909 Style
I looked it up, and indeed, futurism was an art movement. As an active movement it was confined almost exclusively to Italy, although it had international repercussions.
The futurists espoused a love of speed, technology, machines and violence. As a modernist movement it celebrated the technological era as symbolized by cars, airplanes and the early-20th century industrial town, which to futurists represented motion and the triumph of man over nature.
Futurism began with the publication of a manifesto by the poet Filippo Marinetti in Le Figaro of Feb. 20, 1909, and lasted through the end of the First World War. Futurist painters experimented with modern materials and techniques to depict movement in their work. They were also inspired by photographic techniques to break motion into small sequences; in this they were also influenced by cubism. The futurists in turn inspired such art movements as dadaism, art deco, constructivism and surrealism.
Futurism had a political component. The futurists wanted to glorify Italy while helping to lead the country into a new age of modernity, and some of them attempted to ally themselves with the fascist movement.
Notable futurists included Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo, David Burliuk, Ilya Zdanevich and Olga Rozanova.
The futurists espoused a love of speed, technology, machines and violence. As a modernist movement it celebrated the technological era as symbolized by cars, airplanes and the early-20th century industrial town, which to futurists represented motion and the triumph of man over nature.
Futurism began with the publication of a manifesto by the poet Filippo Marinetti in Le Figaro of Feb. 20, 1909, and lasted through the end of the First World War. Futurist painters experimented with modern materials and techniques to depict movement in their work. They were also inspired by photographic techniques to break motion into small sequences; in this they were also influenced by cubism. The futurists in turn inspired such art movements as dadaism, art deco, constructivism and surrealism.
Futurism had a political component. The futurists wanted to glorify Italy while helping to lead the country into a new age of modernity, and some of them attempted to ally themselves with the fascist movement.
Notable futurists included Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra, Umberto Boccioni, Gino Severini, Luigi Russolo, David Burliuk, Ilya Zdanevich and Olga Rozanova.
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