Western Civilizations
Western Civilizations
HMS-301
Section A
Project Topic: Futurism
Prepared By: Bassel Paoli (12110518)
Instructor:
Dr. Karim Tannous
Introduction
Futurism
Futurism is an artistic and social movement that began in Italy Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The movement launched under the name Futurist Manifesto, written by Filippo, was published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell 'Emilia in Bologna on 5 February 1909, and later on in French on 20 February as Manifeste du futurisme in the newspaper Le Figaro, a well known newspaper founded in 1826 in Paris. The philosophy Filippo Tommaso Marinetti adopted was a rejection of the past and the traditional ways, and an enthusiasm towards speed, machinery, violence and industry; it was an image that bought modernization and the cultural restoration to Italy. Simultaneously other similar movements began elsewhere such as in Russia, England and other countries; since futurism once acknowledged was encountered in different areas of art in general, such as paintings, sculptures, graphics, interior designs, urban designs, fashion, movies, music, theater, architects and even literature.
Figure 1 Main political characters
Some of the main characters that influenced those movements were the Italians Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Bruno Munari and Luigi Russolo, and the Russians Natalia Goncharova, Velimir Khlebnikov, David Burliuk and Vladimir Mayakovsky, as well as the Portuguese Almada Negreiros. These characters wanted liberation from the past, to glorify and modernize Italy, but with a vision where parliamentary democracy and governmental authority should not exist. The basic Futuristic movement Had many fascinating works one of which Boccioni created in 1910 “The City Rises”, which presented technology taking control of human control. In 1911, the Cubist ideas were introduced to Italy by Severini, futurists manipulated those visions
HMS-301
Section A
Project Topic: Futurism
Prepared By: Bassel Paoli (12110518)
Instructor:
Dr. Karim Tannous
Introduction
Futurism
Futurism is an artistic and social movement that began in Italy Milan in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The movement launched under the name Futurist Manifesto, written by Filippo, was published in the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dell 'Emilia in Bologna on 5 February 1909, and later on in French on 20 February as Manifeste du futurisme in the newspaper Le Figaro, a well known newspaper founded in 1826 in Paris. The philosophy Filippo Tommaso Marinetti adopted was a rejection of the past and the traditional ways, and an enthusiasm towards speed, machinery, violence and industry; it was an image that bought modernization and the cultural restoration to Italy. Simultaneously other similar movements began elsewhere such as in Russia, England and other countries; since futurism once acknowledged was encountered in different areas of art in general, such as paintings, sculptures, graphics, interior designs, urban designs, fashion, movies, music, theater, architects and even literature.
Figure 1 Main political characters
Some of the main characters that influenced those movements were the Italians Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Bruno Munari and Luigi Russolo, and the Russians Natalia Goncharova, Velimir Khlebnikov, David Burliuk and Vladimir Mayakovsky, as well as the Portuguese Almada Negreiros. These characters wanted liberation from the past, to glorify and modernize Italy, but with a vision where parliamentary democracy and governmental authority should not exist. The basic Futuristic movement Had many fascinating works one of which Boccioni created in 1910 “The City Rises”, which presented technology taking control of human control. In 1911, the Cubist ideas were introduced to Italy by Severini, futurists manipulated those visions
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