About FUTURISM........


Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968; in U.S.A. 1915-18, 1920-23, 1942-68), Nude Descending a Staircase, 1911-12, oil on canvas, 58 x 35 inches, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA. Sometimes called Cubo-Futurist, so also see Cubism, as well as the Armory Show of 1913, in which this painting was highly controversial.

Source: Artlex

Futurism or futurism
- A modern art movement originating among Italian artists in 1909, when Filippo Marinetti's first manifesto of futurism appeared, until the end of World War I.

Futurism was a celebration of the machine age, glorifying war and favoring the growth of fascism.
Futurist painting and sculpture were especially concerned with expressing movement and the dynamics of natural and man-made forms.


Some of these ideas, including the use of modern materials and technique, were taken up later by Marcel Duchamp (French, 1887-1968), the cubists, and the constructivists.

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