Manifesto of Futurism

discussed in biography

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  In Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

  …the publication of Marinetti’s “Manifeste de Futurisme” in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro (February 20, 1909; see Manifesto of Futurism). His ideas were quickly adopted in Italy, where the writers Aldo Palazzeschi, Corrado Govoni, and Ardengo Soffici were among his most important disciples.

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documented manifesto

manifestos

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  In manifesto

  …are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s “Futurist Manifesto” (1909); “A Slap in the Face of Public Taste” (1912), by David Davidovich Burlyuk and others; and André Breton’s “Manifesto of Surrealism” (1924). Several manifestos have played an important role in the history of social movements and political ideas. Famous political manifestos include…

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place in origins of Futurism

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  In Western painting: Cubism and its consequences

  …who called his exercise the Futurist manifesto. He rejected the art of the past and exalted energy, strength, movement, and the power of the modern machine. In painting, his ideas were taken up by Carlo Carrà. Umberto Boccioni, the most talented of the group, pursued its ideas not only in…

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