Futurism was a 20th century art movement. The Futurists liked speed, noise, machines, and cities; they embraced the exciting new world that was then upon them rather than enjoying the modern world's comforts while loudly denouncing the forces that made them possible. Fearing and attacking technology has become almost second nature to many people today; the Futurist manifestos show us an alternative philosophy. Futurism was art that was not to say influenced by past artists but influenced by what was around the artist, everyday life brought art to the people. The movement was strong from 1909, when Filippo Marinetti’s first manifesto of Futurism appeared. Futurism was unique in that it was a self-invented art movement.
An Italian avant-garde art movement that took speed, technology and modernity as its inspiration, Futurism portrayed the dynamic character of 20th century life, glorified war and the machine age, and favored the growth of Fascism. The idea of Futurism came first, followed by a fanfare of publicity; it was only afterwards that artists could find a means to
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The futurists’ representation of forms in motion influenced many painters, including Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay.
Some of the very well-known artists of this era and art movement who had a great impact were Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, and Gino Severini. Their artwork is known greatly by many people due to the fact they created some of the most interesting yet intriguing artwork that really captured people’s attention. Many artists stood out but one that really stuck out to me was Giacomo Balla. Balla was born July 18, 1871 and of course lived in the futurism movement and was a great part of