FUTURISM
(Started:
1909)
(Ended:
Late 1920s)
It was an art movement started to be
seen in Italy with the publication of a manifesto, Le Futurisme, by Italian
poet end editor Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti expressed the disappointment
of a generation which was tired of being exposed to the Western art tradition. The
members declined the art and culture of the past and glorified the modern life
– the beauty of speed, technology, and violence. In order to make way for everything
new and alive, they wished to destroy old and prestigious forms. They mostly
worked in traditional media like painting and sculpture. Inspired by Cubism and
photography, the Futurist artists broke motions into small sequences and used a
wide range of angles. Though they mostly used sharp colors and flowing brush
strokes contributing to the creation of illusion and movement, they could never
develop a model for use of color that separated them from the other movements
of the period.
Main representatives were:
·
Filippo
Tommaso Marinetti
·
Giacomo
Balla
·
Carlo
Carra
·
Umberto
Boccioni
·
Gino
Severini
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Italian-French artist was one of the
most prominent and effective artists among Italian Futurists. He was the ideological
founder of the movement who improved the theories of it. Moreover, he
introduced the innovations to the style which eventually became a Cubist-like
style. Even though he is famous as a Futurist artist, he first experienced with
Neo-Impressionism. He developed the dynamic and violent futuristic style only
after he met with Cubism. While depicting the physical motion within the modern
life to his paintings, he also paid attention to intuition. Hence, while
reflecting the modern life neutrally, his works include symbolic, even mythical
dimensions which gives the aspect that evokes feelings.
Sources:
Isms: Understanding Art by
Stephen Little
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-boccioni-umberto.htm
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