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1. Futurism was a 20th century art movement begun around 1909 in Italy by the poet [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]] and others. The Futurists explored every medium of art, from painting to poetry to theater. Marinetti was the first among them to produce a manifesto of their artistic philosophy in his ''Manifesto of Futurism'' (1909), first released in Milan and published in the French paper Le Figaro (Feb.20th). ThisMarinetti summed up the major principles of the Futurists:, which were a passionate loathing of nostalgia and a love of speed and technology. Futurists denigrated ideas from the past, both political and artistic, proposing instead to follow the sense of modern progress and irrationality. The car, the plane, the industrial town are all myths of Futurists, because they represented the technological prevalence of man on nature.

The painter and sculptor '''Umberto Boccioni''' (1882-1916) wrote the ''Manifesto of Futurist Painters'' in 1910 in which he vowed:

The "manifesto" of Futurism was released in Milan in 1909 and published on french paper Le Figaro (Feb.20th) and denigrated ideas from the past, both political and artistic, proposing instead to follow the sense of modern progress, together with irrationaliy, a mean to live the new emotions of trasforming world of 20th century.

"We will fight with all our might the fanatical, senseless and snobbish religion of the past, a religion encouraged by the vicious existence of museums."

Speed is one of the ideal concepts, with technics. The Car, the plane, the industrial town are all myths of Futurists, in general the technological prevalence of man on nature.

The Futurists' glorification of modern warfare as the ultimate artistic expression and their intense nationalism allowed those who survived World War I to embrace Italian Fascism. Nonetheless, their artistic works inspired other artists, namely [[Marcel Duchamp]] and [[Piet Mondrian]].

Some authors suggest some connection between Futurism and Fascism. Some others in this eventual proximity could only recognise a temporal identity.