Thursday, June 10, 2010

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Point 9 : War and Violence.

The Futurists were well known for their glorification of war and violence, they expressed this through all of their mediums.
Point 9 of the "Manifesto of Futurism" reads : 9. We want to glorify war — the only cure for the world — militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchists, the beautiful ideas which kill, and contempt for woman.
There are many examples of this in modern day society. Advertising being one of them.
Here are a couple examples of Futurism in contemporary advertising:



Sunday, June 6, 2010

Paintings in the 20th century

The founder of Futurist was an Italian writer named Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti wrote the Futurist Manifesto which created a cultural revolution in Italy. The expression of rejecting the past, welcoming modernization and cultural rejuvenation of Italy has inspired many futurist artists.

Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting was created to directly represent " Universal dynamism" through painting.

Some famous futurist painters are:

Umberto Boccioni - A strada entra nella casa, 1911
- Visioni Simultanne, 1912






Carlo Carra - The Funeral of Anarchist Galli



Giacomo Balla - Abstract Speed+ Sound 1913-1914





Here's other examples of futurism art work& paintings.



Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Futurist: Architecture



































By: Mario Arturo Rodriguez Lujan

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

FUTURISM: music

Futurism music rejected tradition and introduced experimental sounds inspired by machinery. It influenced several 20th century composers.

Francesco Balilla Pratella
joined the Futurism movement in 1910 he is the other of Futurist Musicians
he empowered a lot of young musicians of that time.

"the red flag of Futurism, calling to its flaming symbol such young composers as have hearts to love and fight, minds to conceive, and brows free of cowardice".

- Pratella

Pratella and his brother Antonio used the instruments "intonarumori" a acoustic sound or noise generator that created and control the sounds dynamics and pitch of many different sounds.




- JULIAN CHAPDELAIEN