FUTURISM

FUTURISM (1909 - 1914)

Futurism was a social and artistic movement started in Italy in the early 20th Century Italy. It was largely an Italian phenomenon, and then western Europe started to take notice in the movement.

The Futurists practiced in every medium of art:

• Painting
• Sculpture
• Ceramics
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design
• Theatre
• Film
• Fashion
  
• Textiles
• Literature
• Music
• Architecture
• Gastronomy

The Futurists admired speed, technology, youth, violence, the airplane, the car and the industrial city. The Futurists wanted to represent the technological triumph of humanity over nature, and they did. They were passionate nationalists.



Nikolay Diulgheroff was a Futurist artist who produced many paintings, along with the one on the right.

This painting, called L'uomo razionale, created in 1928 was painted by Diulgheroff and you can tell that it was a product of Futurism as the shapes look like metal squares and objects which you would see in an industrial area.

This is further evident in the use of colour. In my opinion, I believe Diulgheroff used the grey colours to represent the industrial times as metal's usual coulor is grey.