Task 2 - Infographic

For this task I’m going to talk about Filippo Marinetti the founder of the Futurism movement in the early 20^th century.

In his manifesto; where from there he founded Futurism, he talked how he wanted to change the whole idea in Italy, where from there the idea of the whole world would be changed as he wrote in his manifesto: “It is from Italy that we launch through the world this violently upsetting incendiary manifesto of ours.” His idea was to free Italy from the museums which he compare them to cemeteries, where he continued to write: “Admiring an old picture is the same as pouring our sensibility into a funerary urn instead of hurtling it far off, in violent spasms of action and creation.” He wanted to pass the idea that it is not worth it to spend the energy on the past where everyone suffered, when they could easily change the future by not given that much importance to the past; by visiting museums, libraries, etc.…

His idea for this new style was based on speed and energy which he got inspired from the accident he had with the two cyclists while he was driving his car, and for sure the energy comes from there young age, as he wrote in his manifesto that the older one from them was thirty years of age, and with this he added that they have enough time to finish their work. “The oldest of us is thirty: so we have at least a decade for finishing our work.”

When you see the artwork from this new art movement, which was backed up with Marinetti’s idea you will immediately notice the difference from past art work. The method the artwork was done it will create certain movement from the subject. This is a complete difference from past work, as harmony and order in this style doesn’t exist.

Basically Marinetti’s idea was to change the future by introducing different ideas, and the most important thing was not to stuck with the past. Without knowing as time passes Marinetti’s idea is still being used, as time by time everything is evolving and new things are being invented/done, so maybe without knowing who Marinetti was, what he did and what he said, in today’s life his idea is still alive and being used by the majority of the people.

Italian Futurism, 2004, Futurism Manifesto (online): http://www.italianfuturism.org/manifestos/foundingmanifesto/ (Accessed 12^th December 2015)

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