futurism

[ US /ˈfjutʃɝˌɪzəm/ ]
[ UK /fjˈuːt‍ʃəɹˌɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future
  2. an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age
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How To Use futurism In A Sentence

  • At the beginning of the century, Milan was the home of the last Italian artistic movement of international importance: Futurism.
  • In 1911 Marinetti, the literary founder of Futurism, helped organize an exhibition of the Bragaglia brothers' photographs in Rome.
  • It's also kind of obvious as well, speaking more about contemporary notions of futurism - and how those notions have migrated away from marginal audiences into the mainstream - than any actual manifestation of the ‘future’.
  • He's also ed-in-chief of near-future sf webzine Futurismic, a learning fictioneer and poet, a reviewer of books, music and concerts, a cack-handed third guitarist for a fuzz-rock band, and in need of a proper haircut. MIND MELD: Non-Genre Books for Genre Readers
  • The principles of Futurism were laid down by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and published by him in a manifesto in 1909.
  • It reminded me just how inaccurate science fiction and futurism inevitably are.
  • As their music spoke of futurism and electronics (and everything did in those days), their tinny little keyboards were being pushed to the limits of technology and cracking under the strain.
  • Royko later declared the term null and void, saying Brown was very grounded in his futurism, but the term was forever attached to Brown, who has made it something of a badge of honor in making it clear he's not another hack politician. William Bradley: From Governator to Moonbeam
  • Emotional disconnect, man-machine sexual politics, dystopian futurism, German electronic-music fetishes - Bowie was post-millennial before we even hit 1980.
  • On the whole, Brasini largely eschewed the 'futurism' in vogue during the Fascist period (and his career began and ended long before and after that era), and even submitted (for better or worse) some sketches for a competition to design a Palace of Soviets in Moscow. The Modern Baroque of Armando Brasini
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