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  Futurism - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Futurism
Futurism was a refreshing contrast to the sentimentality of Romanticism.
Futurism was therefore very unusual among art movements in that it started with a name and idea, with the works of art expressing that idea coming afterwards.
Fascism used both traditional and avant-garde art for propaganda purposes, and Futurism was one of a number of movements plundered for imagery.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Futurism   (531 words)

  
 Futurism (art) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Futurism was a 20th century art movement, not to be confused with Futurist - trend watching.
Futurism as a coherent and organized artistic movement is now regarded as extinct, having died out in the 1944 with the death of his leader Marinetti, and Futurism was, like science fiction, in part overtaken by 'the future'.
Futurism has produced several reactions, including the literary genre of cyberpunk - in which technology was often treated with ambivalence - whilst artists who came to prominence during the first flush of the Internet, such as Stelarc, Natasha Vita-More and Mariko Mori, produce work which comments on futurist ideals.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Futurism_(art)   (1321 words)

  
 Futurism
To most people, “The Art of Noise” means one thing: British superproducer Trevor Horn's early-'80s studio group and their still-cool hit “Close to the Edit.” But the band's moniker was taken from the name of an artistic manifesto written in 1913 by a painter-turned-composer named Luigi Russolo, a member of the now-legendary Italian Futurist movement.
Futurism as a coherent artistic movement is now regarded as extinct, having died out in the 1920s; many of the Futurists were killed in two world wars, and Futurism was, like science fiction, in part overtaken by 'the future'.
Futurism has produced several reactions, including the literary genre of cyberpunk - in which technology was often treated with ambivalence - whilst artists who came to prominence during the first flush of the internet, such as Stelarc and Mariko Mori, produce work which comments on futurist ideals.
www.jahsonic.com /Futurism.html   (1355 words)

  
 Leon Trotsky on Futurism
Futurism is a European phenomenon, and it is interesting because, in spite of the teachings of the Russian Formalist school, it did not shut itself in within the confines of art, but from the first, especially in Italy, it connected itself with political and social events.
Whether for good or for bad, the "lathe-like" art will remain for many years more, and will be the instrument of the artistic and social development of the masses and their aesthetic enjoyment, and this is true not only of the art of painting, but of lyrics, novels, comedies, tragedies, sculpture and symphony.
To reject art as a means of picturing and imaging knowledge because of one's opposition to the contemplative and impressionistic bourgeois art of the last few decades, is to strike from the hands of the class which is building a new society its most important weapon.
www.marxist.com /ArtAndLiterature/leon_trotsky_on_futurism.html   (9339 words)

  
 FLUXEUROPA: FUTURISM
FUTURISM was one of the longest lived and broadest encompassing artistic movements of the 20th century, although it tends to be denied the importance it deserves because of its political associations.
This is ironic in that Futurism was the quintessenence of 20th century modernism and paralleled 'the cult of the new' exemplified in Lenin's dictum "socialism + electricity = communism".
Although mainly associated with the visual arts, Futurism began in 1909 with the proclamation of a manifesto by the Italian poet, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944).
www.fluxeuropa.com /futurism.htm   (546 words)

  
 Italian Art: Futurism In Italy
Futurism began as a literary movement, established by poet and propagandist, Filippo Tomaso Marinetti in 1908.
At the forefront of the Futuristic movement was Umberto Boccioni an Italian native born in 1882 near Calabria.
Futurism can be attributed as the first far reaching modern movement dedicated to rearranging cultural values around technology and the machine ethic.
www.lifeinitaly.com /art/futurism.asp   (1098 words)

  
 Sanford & A Lifetime of Color: Study Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He wanted art to reflect the power of the machine, which he felt was more applicable to the times than the static and irrelevant art of the past.
Futurism was a proponent of violence and conflict.
Futurism was aggressive and inflammatory, and the art of this era was intended to anger and inspire controversy.
www.sanford-artedventures.com /study/g_futurism.html   (166 words)

  
 Futurism
In this manifesto, Marinetti originates the term "Futurism", which reflected his emphasis on discarding the static and unimportant art of the past and rejoicing in the turbulence, originality, and creativity in art, culture, and society.
The art work of the Futurists were similar in construct to the Futurist music which arose as a result to develop all forms of Futurist art.
One of the resident composers of Futurism was Luigi Russolo, and artists and amateur composer.
www-camil.music.uiuc.edu /Projects/EAM/Futurism.html   (1748 words)

  
 Beyond Recognition - Art & Nihilism | CounterOrder.com
Futurism for instance sought to destroy the past, promoted technological elements of the future with an intent to bludgeon the public with shock effects.
Futurism was a response to the ossified, backwards-looking, conservative society of early 20th century Italy.
Futurism became a classic example of justified rebellion discredited by misplaced idealism; Dada outlasted Futurism because it didn't have that same weakness; nevertheless it didn't take too long before even the dadaists themselves hated dada because the art was always secondary to the emotion - rejection, alienation, and anger.
www.nil.addr.com /art.html   (3348 words)

  
 Futurism: Learn about art and the Futurism art movement
Futurism was an art movement that loudly and boldly proclaimed their discontentment with society.
Futurism, and its manifesto embodied a genuine concern for reason and justice.
When Futurism first found its way into the art world, the creator of the movement, Marinetti, struggled with the idea of what to call his new movement.
www.respree.com /scstore/learn/futurism.html   (420 words)

  
 ArtandCulture Movement: Art Deco Design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Art Deco encompasses a whole arc of styles, from early, superfluous ornamentation to stark, stripped-down simplicity and geometry.
Art Deco placed a definite emphasis on line, form, and pure color, perhaps in a nod to the De Stijl movement before it.
For the French, Art Deco was the symbol of post-war prosperity, a merger of Arts and Crafts ambitions with industrial enthusiasm.
www.artandculture.com /cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/movement?id=364   (381 words)

  
 Futurism: Artists and their Works
Futurism was a modernist movement based in Italy celebrating the technological era.
The core preoccupations of Futurist thought and art were machines and motion.
Futurism was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà;, and Gino Severini.
www.artcyclopedia.com /history/futurism.html   (54 words)

  
 Futurism - Futurism Art
Futurism came into being with the appearance of a manifesto published by the poet Filippo Marinetti on the front page of the February 20, 1909, issue of Le Figaro.
Futurism was presented as a modernist movement celebrating the technological, future era.
Futurism was the art of the avant-garde in Italy from 1909 to 1944.
www.huntfor.com /arthistory/C20th/futurism.htm   (638 words)

  
 The Science & The Art of Futurism
American technology--and the industries it supports--will survive in the competitive future in direct proportion to its ability to interpret the trends.
Via futurism we can identify threats and gain lead time in which we can, it is hoped, take effective counteraction.
Futurism thus serves the early warning needs of nations and cities with regard to matters of security and quality of life.
gtalumni.org /StayInformed/magazine/sum93/sci.html   (1017 words)

  
 ArchitectureWeek - Culture - Art Deco South Beach - 2002.1030
The historic "art deco" district of South Beach, in Miami, Florida, is arguably one of the most successful urban restoration projects in the history of American architecture.
The art deco movement drew inspiration from the modern art movements, particularly the concept of multiple points of view of cubism, and the themes of machines and motion in futurism.
Although it was similar in context and emphasis to the decorative style of "art nouveau," a stronger connection to modernism distinguished art deco.
www.architectureweek.com /2002/1030/culture_1-1.html   (255 words)

  
 The Italian Futurist Book
Futurism (1909-1944) was perhaps the first movement in the history of art to be engineered and managed like a business.
For this reason, Futurism introduced the use of the manifesto as a public means to advertise its artistic philosophy, and also as a polemic weapon against the academic and conservative world.
Futurism, as opposed to Cubism, an essentially visual movement, found its roots in poetry and in a whole renovation of language, and featured the concept of the New Typography.
colophon.com /gallery/futurism/index.html   (1177 words)

  
 FUTURISM
An Italian avant-garde art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration, Futurism portrayed the dynamic character of 20th century life, glorified war and the machine age, and favoured the growth of Fascism.
Futurism was unique in that it was a self-invented art movement.
The idea of Futurism came first, followed by a fanfare of publicity; it was only afterwards that artists could find a means to express it.
www.artmovements.co.uk /futurism.htm   (210 words)

  
 LEON TROTSKY Literature and Revolution Chapter 4— Futurism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Whether for good or for bad, the "lathelike" art will remain for many years more, and will be the instrument of the artistic and social development of the masses and their æsthetic enjoyment, and this is true not only of the art of painting, but of lyrics, novels, comedies, tragedies, sculpture and symphony.
The original Futurism of Russia, as has already been said, was the revolt of Bohemia, that is, of the semi-pauperized left wing of the intelligentsia against the closed-in and caste-like æsthetics of the bourgeois intelligentsia.
A work of art must show the gradual growth of an image, of a mood, of a plot, or of an intrigue to its climax, and must not throw the reader about from one end to another end, no matter if it is done by the most skillful boxing blows of Imagery.
www.marxists.org /archive/trotsky/works/1924/lit_revo/ch04.htm   (9387 words)

  
 Italian Futurism
Futurism was the first attempt in the 20th century to reinvent life as it was being transfixed by new technologies and conceive of a new race in the form of machine-extended man. Futurism succinctly reiterated a cognate set of ideas which reverberates all through a multitude of forms in 20th century art expression.
That Futurism existed as a movement and a cognate set of ideas common to many radical artists at the beginning of this century, is explored by Marjorie Perloff in The Futurist Moment: Avant-Garde, Avant Guerre, and the Language of Rupture (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986).
It is perhaps the artistic answer to the graphic layout of the modern newspaper, which had radically changed in the later part of the 19th century due to technological innovations in typesetting and increased literacy among the masses.
cotati.sjsu.edu /spoetry/folder6/ng63.html   (1120 words)

  
 ArtLex on Futurism
- A modern art movement originating among Italian artists in 1909, when Filippo Marinetti's first manifesto of futurism appeared, until the end of World War I. Futurism was a celebration of the machine age, glorifying war and favoring the growth of fascism.
Futurist painting and sculpture were especially concerned with expressing movement and the dynamics of natural and man-made forms.
One of very few American Futurists, Stella's contribution to Futurism is contained in a series of paintings celebrating the dynamism of New York's Brooklyn Bridge and Coney Island.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/f/futurism.html   (979 words)

  
 futurism - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Futurism, early 20th-century movement in art that pointedly rejected all traditions and attempted instead to glorify contemporary life, mainly by...
abstract expressionism, art deco, conceptual art, constructivism, cubism, dada, expressionism, fauvism, futurism, modernism, op art, performance art,...
Futurism : painting and sculpture : pictures of artworks: At the Seaside
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 WebMuseum: Futurism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The name Futurism, coined by Marinetti, 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.
The manifesto's rhetoric was passionately bombastic; its tone was aggressive and inflammatory and was purposely intended to inspire public anger and amazement, to arouse controversy, and to attract widespread attention.
Movement in art, music, and literature begun in Italy about 1910 and marked esp. by an effort to give formal expression to the dynamic energy and movement of mechanical processes.
www.ibiblio.org /wm/paint/glo/futurism   (291 words)

  
 Rayonism ( Cubo-Futurism ) - Rayonism ( Cubo-Futurism ) Art
Rayonism represents one of the first steps toward the development of abstract art in Russia and was founded by Mikhail F. Larionov and his wife Natalia Goncharova.
The new style was a synthesis of Cubism, Futurism, and Orphism and is also known as Cubo-Futurism.
She was educated in Moscow and eventually became an artist known both in the East and in the West, doing a great deal of painting, much theatre design, and some illustration as well.
www.huntfor.com /arthistory/C20th/rayonism.htm   (529 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Futurism: Books: Giovanni Lista   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Futurist movement was launched in 1909 through the Italian artist Marinetti's famous manifesto, which rejected the naturalistic and historical ideals of the past and proposed a radical philosophy intent on the future and progress.
Under their founder's banner, the Futurists Boccioni, Balla, Carra, and Russolo developed a revolutionary ideology of the avant-garde that in the course of the next 30 years was to unite hundreds of creators all over the world.
Futurism leads the reader through the different aesthetic periods, ranging from early 'plastic dynamism' to aeropainting in the Thirties.
www.amazon.co.uk /Futurism-Giovanni-Lista/dp/2879392349   (341 words)

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