Futurism

· This movement emphasized rejecting the forms of the past within literature and art. It supported rebellion and anarchy along with artistic innovation and experimentation.

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti began the futurist movement with his manifesto.

· Futurism was popular throughout Italy and Russia between 1909 – ?, the headquarters are located in Milan, Italy.

· Filippo Tommaso Marinetti wrote his manifesto, which began the futurist movement in Italy.

· The manifesto that outlines Futurism is called “Fondazione e manifesto del Futurismo” (The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism).

· Futurism was established as an anti-conformist movement within the arts, and supported new developments in science and technology. WWI was a large contributor to the close relation between Russia and Italy, in regards to Futurism.

· Marinetti created this movement to create a style of art to emphasize speed, power, innovation and change.

· In futurist poetry, it is typical to see different forms and sizes of typography as well as untraditional ordering of language and words that can evoke intense emotions.

· In The Joy of Mechanical Force by F.T. Marinetti, the speaker creates imagery of machinery while using very sophisticated and elegant words. I notice that this poem makes a lot of references to industrialization. The speaker also describes things in great detail and makes many exclamations (possibly to evoke emotion in the reader?).

· http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY8kVa0qB9Q …..this is a reading of F.T. Marinetti’s Manifesto.