futurism

-a part of the modernist movement in art and literature that redefines the traditional views of reality

- instead of realism futurism portrays action; it embraces the fast, industrial, violent pace of the modern world

-F. T. Marinetti,The Futurist Manifestoof 1909:

We intend to exalt aggressive action, a feverish insomnia, the racer’s speed, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap…We will glorify war – the world’s only hygiene – militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of freedom-bringers…We will destroy the museums, libraries, academies of every kind, will fight moralism, feminism, every opportunistic or utilitarian cowardice.