Futurism was an early 20th century avant-garde art movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. It celebrated speed, technology, youth, violence and modern objects while rejecting traditional forms of culture. Key Futurist artists included Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, and Natalia Goncharova, whose works used techniques like divisionism and cubism to depict motion and modern life. While initially an Italian movement, Futurism later influenced other art forms and 20th century art movements globally.

2.  Futurism focuses on speed, technology,
youth, violence and modern objects.
 It was borrowing from the elements of Neo-
Impressionism, symbolism and divisionism
which later distinguished that it was a
combination of Neo-
Impressionism and Cubism.
 Indicates the beauty of modern life.
 Wished to destroy older forms of culture.

3.  Originated in Italy on 1909.
 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti launched
Futurism.
 Futurism later on was considered as the
most important Italian Avante-Garde art
movement of the 20th Century.

4.  Neo-impressionism
 Symbolism
 Divisionism
 Cubism
 Modern life
 Technology
 Violence
 Industrial
 Change
 Social movement
 Speed
 Objects

5.  Father of Futurism.
 An Italian poet about very modern, Avant-
Garde poetry rather than writing about roses
and nightingales.
 Loves all modern, technological, and
dynamic things.

6.  An influential Italian painter and sculptor
 Some of his artworks are:
-Unique Forms of Continuity
-The City Rises
-Les Adieux
-Dynamism of a Cyclist
-The Charge of Lancers
-Simultaneous Visions

7.  Italian painter, art teacher and poet
 Best know as a key proponent of Futurism
 Some of his artworks are:
-Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash
-Street Light
-Girl Running on a Balcony
-Speeding Autommobile
-Flight of the Swallows
-The Hand of Violinist

8.  Italian painter
 Leading member of the Futurist movement
 Some of his artworks are:
-Sea = Dancer
-Armored Train in Action
-The Haunting Dancer
-Dancer in Pigalle

9.  Italian painter
 Another leading figure of the Futurist
movement
 Some of his artworks are:
-Woman in the Balcony
-The Red Horseman
-Jolts of a Cab
-Concert Cafe

15.  Considered the first futurist painting
 Oil on canvas
 Illustrates the modern city
 It resemble a war scene
 A large horse races while the workers are struggling to
control the horse
 Implies that there’s a tension between human and animal
 The people and the horse are blurred which means that
there’s a rapid movement while other elements in the
painting are more realistic
 Indicates the influences of other art movements such as
cubism, impressionism and post-impressionism that can
be seen in the brushstrokes

17.  Most famous experiment of Balla
 The artist was inspired by chrono-
photography, a vintage technique to show
movement in several frames.
 Any one can notice that there’s a fast
movement of the woman and the dog in just
one frame
 Balla combined opaque and semi-
transparent shapes to indicate that there’s
an action in process

19.  Goncharova was a leading figure in the pre-war
Russian avant-garde and also a painter, illustrator,
set and costume designer, and writer.
 The artist was inspired by Russian folk art and often
included traditional motifs into pictures styled in a
Cubist manner
 The cyclist's whole body and the bike have been
multiplied which indicates the speed of an object in
motion
 There’s a noticeable text in the painting that
indicates the artist’s interest in writing and graphic
design

20.  From the artist Boccioni he used sculpture to help
further articulate the dynamism of Futurism with the
piece Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913).
- In 1915, Italy entered in WWI and by its end, Boccioni
and the Futurist architect Antonio Sant’Elia passed away
 Futurism helped spark developments outside of Italy
and inspired artists in other media.

21.  Influenced the 20th century art movements
 A revival of sorts of the Futurist movement in
theatre
 Recognized Western dance music during 1980s
 Japanese Composer ’s album 'Futurista' was
inspired by the movement
 Italian director included Futurist art in his
feature film "Vincere“
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum featured the
exhibition "Italian Futurism, 1909–1944:
Reconstructing the Universe”

22.  STRENGTHS
- Based on the research and opinions of all the group
members, the strength of Futurism is that it is the
most significant art movement of the 20th century
combining all of the elements of Cubism, Dadaism,
Surrealism, and other –isms.
 WEAKNESSES
- According to sources, the weakness of Futurism is that it has
become too contemporary in that it has moved to an existential
art project of Marinetti. It was viewed as a right-wing movement
for the period’s regime.

23.  http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/futurism
 http://www.theartstory.org/movement-futurism.htm
 http://www.theartstory.org/movement-futurism-artworks.htm#pnt_1
 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Filippo-Tommaso-Marinetti
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWjiWqPYR0
 https://www.google.com for all the images
 https://sites.google.com/a/boisestate.edu/analysis-and-
keywords/AKG03042013/futurists-futurism
 https://www.shmoop.com/marinetti