Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

1876–1944 · lived 67 years

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was an Italian poet, editor, and literary theorist. He is best known as the founder of Futurism, an artistic and social movement that he described in his 1909 "Futurist Manifesto". Marinetti advocated for speed, technology, youth, and violence, and Futurism had a significant impact on visual arts, literature, theater, and music. His work sought to break with tradition and celebrate the dynamism of the modern era. Marinetti believed that art should reflect the constantly changing world, with its machines, industries, and vibrant cities. He was a controversial figure, with some of his ideas being associated with fascism.

n. 1876-12-22, Reino da Itália · m. 1944-12-02, Bellagio

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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He studied law at the University of Pavia and the University of Bologna, where he obtained his doctorate in 1899. Marinetti founded the magazine "Poesia" in 1905, which became an important vehicle for disseminating his ideas. In 1909, he published the "Futurist Manifesto" in the French newspaper "Le Figaro", which outlined the principles of the movement, including the rejection of traditional art, the exaltation of the machine and war, and the pursuit of a new aesthetic based on speed and energy. Futurism spread throughout Europe, influencing artists in various fields. Marinetti continued to be the main ideologue of the movement, publishing several manifestos and literary works, such as "Mafarka, the Futurist" (1909) and "Zang Tumb Tumb" (1914). He was a fervent supporter of Italy's intervention in World War I and, after the war, he approached Benito Mussolini's fascist regime, although his relationship with fascism was complex and sometimes tense. Marinetti passed away in Bellagio, Italy.

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It is from Italy that we launch through the world this violently upsetting incendiary manifesto of ours. With it, today, we establish Futurism , because we want to free this land from its smelly gangrene of professors, archaeologists, ciceroni , and antiquarians. For too long Italy has been a dealer in secondhand clothes. We mean to free her from the numberless museums that cover her like so many graveyards.

We affirm that the world’s magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. A racing car whose hood is adorned with great pipes, like serpents of explosive breath—a roaring car that seems to ride on grapeshot is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace .

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