Futurism was an early 20th century art movement that originated in Italy and emphasized concepts of the future like speed, technology, youth, and violence. The movement was founded in 1909 by the Italian writer Filippo Marinetti through his Futurist Manifesto published in Le Figaro newspaper. Futurists worked in many artistic mediums but admired technology and the modern world while loathing traditions of the past. Key figures introduced included Filippo Marinetti, Fortunato Depero, Enrico Prampolini, and Guillaume Apollinaire, a French poet who experimented with typography in his works.

1. 1909 - 1944

2. • Futurism was an
art and social movement which
originated in Italy in the early
20th century.
•It emphasized concepts of the
future, including
speed, technology, youth and
violence, and the car, the
airplane and the industrial city.
•The Futurists practiced in every
medium of art, including
painting, sculpture, ceramics, gra
phic design, industrial
design, interior design, urban
design, theatre, film, fashion, texti
les, literature, music, architecture
.
•Parallel movements
in Russia, England.

3. Filippo Marinetti
•The founder of Futurism was
the Italian writer Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti.
•Marinetti launched the
movement in his Futurist
Manifesto, an article published
in the French daily
newspaper Le Figaro on 20
February 1909.
•The Futurists admired all that
represented the technological
triumph of humanity
over nature.
•Marinetti expressed a
passionate loathing of
everything old, especially
political and artistic tradition.
"We want no part of it, the
past", he wrote, "we the young
and strong Futurists!"

4. Filippo Marinetti (1876-1944)
New Futurist Theater Company poster Dinamo Futurista cover
1924 1933

5. Filippo Marinetti

6. Fortunato Depero (1892-1960)
• Fortunato Depero
was an Italian futurist
painter, writer, sculpto
r and graphic designer.
• He designed his own
book’s cover, named
Depero Futurista.

7. Enrico Prampolini
• Enrico Prampolini was an
Italian Futurist
painter, sculptor and
scenographer.
• Magazine cover by Enrico
Prampolini, Broom, vol.3
no.3, 1922.

8. Enrico Prampolini (1894 – 1956)
Magazine cover – Vulcani -1927

9. Guillaume Apollinaire
• Guillaume Apollinaire was
a French poet, play
wright, short story
writer, novelist, and art
critic born in Italy.
•He used to illustrate his
poettry using typography.
Guillaume Apollinaire, Calligrammes 1918.