Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was one of the greatest visionaries of speed. In 1909, when the automobiles and airplanes were developing rapidly beyond the travel of the horse, carriage and train, he initiated the futurist movement with his colourful essay “The Founding Manifesto of Futurism.” Marinetti praised technology as the vast wave of the future, it would sweep aside old traditions and explode in violent powers but he saw technology as something that would capture minds with incredible fascination

architecture, theatre, music and film in the early 20th century, launched by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Futurism appeared as a fervent denouncer of the past. Italian art represented the past Ancient, Renaissance and Baroque art and culture. In the early 1900s, Italian artists and writers believed that the “Machine Age” could have changed the situation and develop into a new awareness. F. Marinetti called the new movement futurism to apprehend the idea of modernity, to glorify speed, technological

Futurism is an art movement of the early 20th century. It was founded in 1909 in Italy, by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who was an Italian poet and editor. Futurism celebrated the advanced technology of the time and how major cities were becoming more modern. The futurism movement was important as it influenced most of Europe, and the most significant results were in the visual arts and poetry. Futurism was influenced by elements of Neo-Impressionism and Cubism. A group of Italian writers and artists

The potentials of the new technology created in the early twentieth century created a variety of reactions with in society. Some people embraced the changes, others resisted the developments, and still others fell somewhere in between. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s piece, “The Futurist Manifesto”, embraces the rapid transformation of society. His world is composed of fast, powerful machines and strong, young citizens. The Manifesto also depicts an aggressive, violent, and unjust world that is devoid

art to new heights. I don’t think cubism would be what it is today without both artists, as they were at the forefront of creating new art during that period. 2. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti claimed that the motor car was more beautiful than the marble statue of the winged Nike. Develop an explanation that agrees or disagrees with Marinetti. I can understand Marinetti’s claim that the motor car was more beautiful than the marble statue of the winged Nike. However, I don’t agree with his claim. The motor

at least not one worth imitating, in the face of so much change. Futurism Began The new movement in modern art, Futurism was first announced on Feb. 20, 1909, when the Paris newspaper Le Figaro published a manifesto by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The name Futurism reflected his emphasis on discarding what he conceived to be the static and irrelevant art of the past and celebrating change, originality, and innovation in culture and society. Marinetti's manifesto glorified the new

How are the tensions between social classes and/or genders dramatised in Modern European Drama? Social class and gender roles, were and still are today, a key element in the progression of theatre. Dada and Futurism, as movements in theatre took place at the time of the social class war, the prejudice against women and their rights and the struggle to create an equal society. The two movements, of avant-garde style contained three stage in which they were able to create; ‘analysis…engagement…forward

The first Manifesto I read was “The Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism” by Marinetti. Marinetti highlights various concepts behind the futurist movement. Throughout his manifesto he describes old versus new and personifies several places and machines. Like when he spoke of his automobile he said “We approach the the three panting beasts to stroke their burning breasts, full of love and admiration.” (Marinetti 643). He says that finally the old and mystical ideals and myths are far behind them.

1. Introduction The futurist art movement and its characteristic manifestos had a significant impact on ‘modernist’ art movements since the 20th century. Aside from founder Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who was a poet, many manifestos were written by painters or about visual art: Marinetti’s two founding manifestos were directly followed by three manifestos by Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Giacomo Balla, Luigi Russolo, and Gino Severini, all of whom were painters. In 1911, composer Francesco Balilla

their key figureheads, such as Marcel Duchamp and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, among many others contributed to the artworks foundation, a foundation of such unique art that challenges the notion of tradition and what is means to be art. The 20th century is the hall mark of new, airplanes, automobiles, electricity, the whole world was abuzz with the feelings of a new future, it was a modern world now and that required modern art. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti understood this and wrote the Futurist Manifesto