Futurism

Futurism is an artistic and social movement which originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It was a largely Italian phenomenom, but had small parallel movements in Russia, the rest of Europe, and the United States. The Futurists practiced in every medium of art, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre, film, fashion, textiles, literature, music, architecture and even gastronomy.Vladimir Mayakovsky and Natalia Goncharova are celebrated Russian artists of this movement.
The founder of Futurism was Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. Marinetti expressed a passionate loathing of everything old, especially political and artistic tradition. "We want no part of it, the past", he wrote, "we the young and strong Futurists!" The Futurists admired speed, technology, youth and violence, the car, the airplane and the industrial city, all that represented the technological triumph of humanity over nature, and they were passionate nationalists.