Italian Futurism in the Context of World war-I and Retro-Futurism Today

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Sandal Bharadwaj
Assistant Professor
Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies
EFL University
Hyderabad

2. ITALIAN FUTURISM IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD
WAR - I & RETRO-FUTURISM TODAY
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On June 29, 1914, the
assassination of Archduke
Prince Frantz Ferdinand, in
Sarajevo, capital of Serbia, led
a war, on July 28, 1914, that
continued for more than four
years, officially terminating on
November 11, 1918.

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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was the founder
f Futurism.
War as the most beautiful aesthetic spectacle
f his life.
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944)
He thus typified what soon came to be
nown as Futurism. It was a social and artistic
movement originated in Italy.

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At the level of art Futurism can be
described, as “a dynamic and renewing
attitude aiming to project art and life
into the future.”
Verdone (2003:16)

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 The starting date of Futurism is said
to be February 20, 1909 .
 Marinetti said “We declare..... a new
beauty, the beauty of Speed.”

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 The futurists admired speed,
technology, car, aero plane,
youth, violence and industrial
city, all that represent
technological triumph of
humanity over nature.
They wanted their work to look
as modern and high tech as
possible.

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 Futurism became an international movement
 Key Futurist principles : an elitist love fo
violence, glorification of warfare, a mania
love for speed, technology and progress
rejection for all things past, the notion of
new man of modern technology, a drive t
unleash man’s instinct and release hi
creative potential, and be at the centre o
all ongoing historical transformations.

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 At the centre of Futurism stood a
galvanising vision of the coming homo
technologicus.
 Futurists preached the technological
triumph of man over nature.
 Giacomo Balla, one of the futurist painter
named his daughter as Elica — the Propeller.
Manifestoes for various type of art:
painting, sculpture, architecture, music,
photography, cinema, and even clothing.

12. Futurism in the Art of Sculpture
Unique Forms of Continuity in
Space by Umbero Boccioni
Sculptural Construction of Noise
and Speed by Giacomo Balla
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13. Futurism in the Art of Painting
Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
by Giacomo Balla
Funeral of Anarchist Galli
by Carlo Carra
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14. Futurism in Architecture
FIAT LINGOTTO FACTORY
TURIN
FIAT LINGOTTO FACTORY (ROOF)
TURIN
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“Architecture be constructed of
degradable materials ensuring
hat nothing would endure past a
ingle generation. This degrading
architecture effectively makes
each generation responsible for
he construction of their own
owns and cities.”

16. Parole in Libertà
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17. Retro-Futurism
Futuristic landscape Digital DVD cover
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18. Retro-Futurism
UFO Space and Astronaut Theme
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19. High Speed photography is the “Photo-
Dynamism” of 21st Century.
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20. Example of PHOTOSHOP to create
chrono-photography movement
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