Below is a glossary article post in the category F which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Futurism based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Futurism
So, what is actually meant by Futurism?
Futurism is an Italian art movement at the beginning of the twentieth century aimed at capturing in the art of dynamism and the energy of the modern world.
Explanation of Futurism
Futurism was launched by Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. On February 20 he published Manifesto Futurism on the front page of the Paris Le Figaro newspaper.
Among the modernist movements, futurism is very hard in its rejection in the past. This is because in Italy, the weight of past culture feels very oppressive. In manifesto, Marinetti asserted that ‘we will free Italy from the countless museums that cover it like an county grave’. Conversely, what is proposed by futurists is the art that celebrates the industrial world and modern technology:
We declare … new beauty, speed of speed. Motorbike Racing … More beautiful than Samothrace’s victory. (Ancient Greek statue in the Louvre Museum in Paris.)
Futurist paintings use neo-impressionism and cubism elements to create compositions that express ideas of dynamism, energy and movements, modern life.
The head of artists associated with futurism is Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccii, Gino Severini.
Vortisism is basically the British who is equivalent to futurism, but Wyndham Lewis, the founder of vorticists is very hostile to the futurists.
After the brutality of the first world war, many artists rejected the idea of Avant-Garde about futurism and other pre-war movements, using a more traditional and convincing approach, a phenomenon described as ‘Return to Order’.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix F, as well as terms associated with F.
Meaning of Futurism in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Futurism.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Futurisme (Indonesian), Futurisme (Java), and Fefurisme in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Futurisme.
Closing
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix F. This article wasupdated in Dec of 2025.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=futurism
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=futurism
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