submittedby:12617126251262612644FuturismSpeed!Technology!Industry!Youth!Violence!Fillipo
MarinettiAuthor of The Futurist Manifesto (199! a "elebration of
youth# speed# and ma"hinery$n%orn in &'ypt (e"$ 22# 1)76*ad a
lo+e for literatureFrom youn' a'e,hoose literary -o"ation o+erla.1$
/e .ant to sin' the lo+e of dan'er# the habit of ener'y and
rashness2$ 0iterature has up to no. ma'ni1ed pensi+e immobility#
e"stasy and slumber$ 2$ %eauty e3ists only in stru''le$ There is no
masterpie"e that has not an a''ressi+e "hara"ter$ 4oetry must be a
+iolent assault on the for"es of the un5no.n# to for"e them to bo.
before man$4$ /e .ant to 'lorify .ar 6 the only "ure for the .orld
6 militarism# patriotism# the destru"ti+e 'esture of the
anar"hists# the beautiful ideas .hi"h 5ill# and "ontempt for
.oman$5$ /e .ant to demolish museums and libraries# 1'ht morality#
feminism and all opportunist and utilitarian "o.ardi"e$The
Manifesto of FuturismFilippo Tommaso MarinettiFuturism be'an in 199
7 pursued many of ideas that ,ubists e3plored$ %e'an as a literary
mo+ement but soon en"ompassed all the +isual arts# "inema# theatre#
musi"# and ar"hite"ture$4ublished his Foundation and Manifesto of
Futurism8 in a 4aris 9e.spaper$4romoted a ne. taste for speed#
ener'y and po.er of modern te"hnolo'y and modern urban life$
,onte3t: :ust before the outbrea5 of //;$ ;taly is 'oin' throu'h
its o.n "ultural "risis$ ;t is an old "ountry .ith a lon'# ri"h
"ultural history "au'ht bet.een its 'lorious past and its modern
present$ They .ant to lea+e the past behind so badly that they are
not e+en "ontent .ith "at"hin' up to the present< they .ant to
push for.ard to the future$ They thus embra"e all thin's modern#
"elebratin' the bi' "ity and the ma"hine$FILIPPO TOMMASO MARINETTI
is the leader of this movement. LITERATURE AND POETRY are the rst
t!o artisti" dis"i#lines to $e anal%&ed $% the f't'rist. The
"han(e of the r'les is drasti". The old st%le is denitivel% $anned.
The milestone is )MAFAR*A IL FUTURISTA+ #rinted in ,-.-/ at the
same time of the manifesto of f't'rism.The novel !as #'t in #ro"ess
$e"a'se it "ontained e0#li"it "alls a$o't ra#e/ se0'al sim$ol and
l'0'r%. Se0 and violen"e entered for the rst time in a italian
$oo1.MARINETTI is on the rst #a(e of all ne!s#a#er and a"hieve his
res'lts2 all s#ea1s a$o't f't'rism and his revol'tionar% ideas.
MARINETTI for!ard some themes that !ill $e fa"ed %ear and %ears
after $% others artists.Pilota stratosferi"oRenato di 3osso ,-45
=A9> T?M% T?M%in ,-,6 marinetti !rote )&an( t'm$ t'm$+ the
rst #oem of !ords in freedom .the f't'rista #oetr% is onomato#oei".
is the ra##resentation of the noise of the o$7e"ts d'rin( their
a"tion. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti# Futurist .ords7in7freedom#
1915Filippo Tommaso Marinetti# from poem (?9parole in libert@#
1914$ Marinetti "reated a m'ltisensor% e0#erien"e $% 'sin( a
"reative and darin( t%#o(ra#h% in an 'n"onventional la%o't/ that
had a lastin( im#a"t on (ra#hi" desi(n.A,*A;BrrrrrrBB#A also titled
A0ettre dCune :olie femme a monsieur passeisteA# ser+es as the
"o+er for the mini7antholo'y of MarinettiCs "olle"ted .ritin's and
typo'raphi" e3periments published in Fren"h in 1919 as A0es mots en
libertE futuristesA (Futurist .ords in liberty!$ meanin' of the
poem se3 for sale hypo"riti"ally presented as lo+e$1Be"ipes from
the Futurist ,oo5boo5The &3"ited 4i'A .hole salami# s5inned is
"oo5ed in stron' espresso "oFee and Ga+ored .ith
eau7de7"olo'ne$(iaboli"al Boses Bed roses# battered and
deep7fried$Himultaneous ;"e7,ream -anilla dairy "ream and little
sIuares of ra. onion froJen to'ether$,hi"5en Fiat A "hi"5en is
roasted .ith a handful of ball bearin's inside$ K/hen the Gesh has
fully absorbed the Ga+or of the mild steel balls# the "hi"5en is
ser+ed .ith a 'arnish of .hipped "ream$L) 8UOTES + KA ne. beauty
has been added to the splendor of the .orld6the beauty of
speed$LA/e .ant to 1'ht fero"iously a'ainst the fanati"al#
un"ons"ious and snobbish reli'ion of the past# .hi"h is nourished
by the e+il inGuen"e of museums$ /e rebel a'ainst the supine
admiration of old "an+ases# old statues and old ob:e"ts# and
a'ainst the enthusiasm for all that is .orm7eaten# dirty and
"orroded by time< .e belie+e that the "ommon "ontempt for
e+erythin' youn'# ne. and palpitatin' .ith life is un:ust and
"riminal$A A/e aMrm that the .orld8s ma'ni1"en"e has been enri"hed
by a ne. beauty: the beauty of speed$ A ra"in' "ar .hose hood is
adorned .ith 'reat pipes# li5e serpents of e3plosi+e breath N a
roarin' "ar that seems to run on 'rapeshot is more beautiful
thanThe -i"tory of Hamothra"e(191!$LK;dealists# .or5ers of thou'ht#
unite to sho. ho. inspiration and 'enius .al5 in step .ith the
pro'ress of the ma"hine# of air"raft# of industry# of trade# of the
s"ien"es# of ele"tri"ity$LKArt O$"an be nothin' but +iolen"e#
"ruelty# and in:usti"e$L) 8UOTES + Marinetti states that K .e .ill
sin' to the lar'e "ro.ds# a'itated by .or5# by pleasureorby mutiny#
.e .ill sin' to the multi "olouredand polyphoni".a+es of
the.or5shopsO$$To the lo"omoti+es O$ To the
hed'ehoppin'airplanes$L*e pla"es the industrial "ities # the ne.
"ity and the dynamism in "entre to the theme of thefuturist
moment$This theme #"learly urbanand ar"hite"tural# is "hiselled
.ith a dose of maturity in the approa"h to.ards poetry and paintin'
as is re+ealed in bo""ioni8spi"ture$ KThe roads enters
homeL19117mean.hile# a 1rm positionin' relati+e to thene.
ar"hite"ture and the ne. "ity# on the part of the
futurists$9destroy the museums# the libraries# e+ery type of
a"ademyO Othe 'reat "ro.ds# sha5en by .or5# by pleasure or by
riotin'LO O/e .ill 'lorify .ar N the .orld8s only hy'iene N
militarism# patriotism# the destru"ti+e 'esture of
freedom7brin'ers# beautiful ideas .orth dyin' for# and s"orn
for.oman$4aintin'7 the roads enters home by bo""ioni) 8UOTES +
K/hile an artist is labourin' at his .or5 of art# nothin' pre+ents
it from surpassin' (ream$ As soon as it is 1nished# the .or5 must
be hidden or destroyed# or better still# thro.n as a prey tot the
brutal "ro.d .hi"h .ill ma'nify it by 5illin' it .ith its s"orn#
and thereby intensify its absurd uselessness$ /e thus "ondemn art
as 1nished .or5# .e "on"ei+e of it only in its mo+ement# in the
state of eFort and draft$ Art is simply a possibility for absolute
"onIuest$ For the artist# to "omplete is to die$LKTime and spa"e
died yesterday$ /e already li+e in the absolute# be"ause .e ha+e
already "reated eternal# omnipresent speedO O(.e .ill sin' of! the
+ibrant ni'htly fer+our of arsenals and shipyards .ith +iolent
ele"tri" moons< 'reedy rail.ay stations that de+our
smo5e7plumbed serpentsO Odeep7"hested lo"omoti+es .hose .heels pa.
the tra"5s li5e the ho+es of enormous steel horses$LKArt deals .ith
profound and simple moodsO O0et us suppose that the artist N in
this instan"e 4i"abia N 'ets a "ertain impression by loo5in' at our
s5ys"rapers# our "ity# our .ay of life# and that he tries to
reprodu"e itO$ Ohe .ill "on+ey it in plasti" .ays on the "an+as#
e+en thou'h .e see neither s5ys"rapers nor "ity on it$L
4aintin'ands"ulptureMarinetti8smanifesto inspired a 'roup of youn'
painters in Milan to apply Futurist ideas to the +isual
arts$?mberto %o""ioni#,arlo ,arrP# 0ui'i Bussolo#>ia"omo %alla#
and>ino He+erinipublished se+eral manifestos onpaintin'in 191$
0i5e Marinetti# they 'lori1ed ori'inality and e3pressed their
disdain for inherited artisti" traditions$They .anted to depi"t
+isually the per"eption of mo+ement# speed# and "han'e$ To a"hie+e
this# the Futurist painters adopted the,ubistte"hniIue of usin'
fra'mented and interse"tin' plane surfa"es and outlines to sho.
se+eral simultaneous +ie.s of an ob:e"t$ %ut the Futurists
additionally sou'ht to portray the ob:e"t8s mo+ement# so their
.or5s typi"ally in"lude rhythmi" spatial repetitions of an ob:e"t8s
outlines durin' transit$ The eFe"t resembles multiple photo'raphi"
e3posures of a mo+in' ob:e"t$The Futurists preferred sub:e"ts su"h
as speedin' automobiles and trains# ra"in' "y"lists# dan"ers#
animals# and urban "ro.ds$%o""ioniis "onsidered to ha+e most fully
realiJed his theories in t.o s"ulptures#(e+elopment of a %ottle in
Hpa"e(1912!# in .hi"h he represented both the inner and outer
"ontours of a bottle# and?niIue Forms of ,ontinuity in Hpa"e(1912!#
in .hi"h a human 1'ure is not portrayed as one solid form but is
instead "omposed of the multiple planes in spa"e throu'h .hi"h the
1'ure mo+es$Futurist prin"iples e3tended toar"hite"tureas
.ell$Antonio Hant8&liaformulated a Futurist manifesto
onar"hite"turein 1914$ *is +isionary dra.in's of hi'hly me"haniJed
"ities and boldly modern s5ys"rapers pre1'ure some of the most
ima'inati+e 2th7"entury ar"hite"tural plannin'$T:AN*YOU
