MPC 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Manifesto Of Futurism, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Georges Bataille
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We wish to glorify war for the hygiene of the world. The futurists was an italian movement in art and literature. It began in the early 20th c. before ww 1. They were enthused by modern movement and speed. The leader of the futurists was the writer, marinetti. He wrote the futurist manifesto in 1909. Manifesto: a pamphlet, or a written statement of intention, in which a group of people state their beliefs, goals, styles. This was common for modernist artists they produced manifestos, and publicized them. The first futurist manifesto was launched in paris, in 1909, in the figaro, a french newspaper. It was written by its leader, the italian poet, writer and polemicist, filippo tomasso marinetti. This is something that linked the futurists, dada, and the. Surrealists - their leaders and many of their participants were writers and poets. The manifesto glorified the new technology of the automobile and the beauty of its speed, power, and movement.
