How was futurism born?

Futurism is first of all a literary movement, which was first concocted by the Italian poet Marinetti (1878~1944). In the "Le Figaro" on February 20, 1909, Marinetti launched the "Futurist Manifesto" in exaggerated and sensational terms, calling for the sweep of all traditional art and the creation of a new art that can keep pace with the rhythm of life in the machine age. art form. Since then, Futurism was born and quickly spread from the literary world to art, music, drama, film, photography and other fields. With the strong support of a series of various declarations and statements, it was once loud and influential.

Futurism enthusiastically celebrates modern machines, technology and even war and violence. They are obsessed with movement and speed, demanding "the destruction of all museums, libraries and academies of science", cutting off history and starting from scratch to create new art. In their view, "the world has become more glorious and magnificent because of a new beauty, which is the beauty of speed. ... A car that is as fast as a machine gun is more beautiful than the winged goddess of victory in Samothrace." Like is more beautiful." (1909, Futurist Manifesto) How to put this kind of textual description on canvas and make it a real visual form - painting? This is what gathered around Marinetti What painters strive to explore. The backbone of the Futurist school were five Italians: Boccioni, Carra, Balla, Severini, and Russolo. On February 11, 1910, the Manifesto of the Futurist Painters was published and publicly announced on March 3 in a theater in Turin. On April 11, the "Manifesto of Futurist Painting Techniques" was released again. These five painters all signed the manifesto, showing their eagerness to take action. In February 1912, the famous Bernheim-Jean Gallery in Paris held the first Futurist exhibition, which meant that the Futurist school of painting was officially established. Subsequently, many futuristic painting exhibitions were held in London, Berlin, Brussels, Vienna, Chicago, Amsterdam, The Hague, Munich and other places. In this way, Futurism gradually went abroad and became an important part of the world modernism movement.