FluxEuropa - dark music and more Please note that we have suspended active publication and no longer require items for review. Search this site: home > art > features > THE CHALLENGE OF FUTURISM FUTURISM was one of the longest lived and broadest encompassing artistic movements of the 20th century, although it tends to be denied the importance it deserves because of its political associations. Many of the early Futurists were anarchists, the movement was welcomed by Gramsci a ...

Glossary Term: Futurism Futurism developed in Italy and Russia in the early 1900s. An Italian poet, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, named the style to emphasize speed, power, change and innovation in art. He wanted art to reflect the power of the machine, which he felt was more applicable to the times than the static and irrelevant art of the past. The invention of the automobile, a machine with power and speed, was a symbol of this movement's interest in technology. Futurist painters adopted ma ...