Futurism

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Futurism was an early 20th-century avant-garde movement that celebrated speed, technology, and modernity, profoundly shaping the aesthetics of modern art, design, and architecture.

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Italian Futurism 2
Futurist architecture 1
futurism 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
avant-garde movement
cultural movement
modernist movement
aimedTo break with the past
glorify the modern world
integrate art and life
architecturalCharacteristic celebration of verticality
dynamic forms
emphasis on glass and steel
artisticCharacteristic bold color
depiction of movement
diagonal lines
fragmented forms
multiple viewpoints
typographic experimentation
coreTheme dynamism
industrialization
modernity
speed
technology
urban life
violence
war as a cleansing force
youth
countryOfOrigin Italy
foundedBy Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
hasManifesto Futurist Manifesto
hasNotableArchitect Antonio Sant'Elia
hasNotableArtist Carlo Carrà
Giacomo Balla
Gino Severini
Luigi Russolo
Umberto Boccioni
hasNotableWriter Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Fortunato Depero
hasSubmovement Aeropainting
Russian Futurism
influenced Art Deco
Bauhaus
Constructivism
De Stijl
Russian Futurism
Vorticism
architecture
cinema
graphic design
industrial design
literature
modern art
music
theatre
typography
influencedBy automobiles
aviation
electricity
Industrial Revolution
surface form: industrial revolution

modern machinery
mainRegion Italy
movementLanguage Italian
opposedTo academic art
tradition
peakActivity 1910s
early 1920s
politicalAssociation Italian Fascism
Italian nationalism
publicationOfKeyText Le Figaro (20 February 1909)
relatedConcept avant-garde
machine aesthetic
modernism
startTime 1909

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this entity surface form: Futurist architecture
Modernism associatedWith Futurism
Cubism hasInfluenced Futurism
subject surface form: Gabriele D'Annunzio
this entity surface form: Italian Futurism
Art Deco influencedBy Futurism
Constructivism influencedBy Futurism
Dada influencedBy Futurism
Oskar Schlemmer influencedBy Futurism
Vorticism influencedBy Futurism
this entity surface form: futurism
ZTT Records inspiredBy Futurism
this entity surface form: Italian Futurism
Vorticism relatedTo Futurism