The Future of Futurism

1. The Future of Futurism No pun intended

2. Many Italian Futurists supported Fascism (a form of radical authoritarian nationalism) in the hope of modernizing a divided country between the industrializing north and the rural, archaic South. Like the Fascists, the Futurists were Italian nationalists, radicals, admirers of violence, and were opposed to parliamentary democracy. Marinetti founded the Futurist Political Party in early 1918.

3. Futurism expanded to encompass many artistic domains and ultimately included painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre design, textiles, drama, literature, music and architecture.

4. BLAST, War Number July 1915 - Wyndham Lewis The cover of the second (and last) edition of BLAST, by Wyndham Lewis . Articles written and submitted from the trenches of WWI.

5. Aeropainting

6. Aeropainting was a major expression of the second generation of Futurism beginning in 1926. The technology and excitement of flight, directly experienced by most aeropainters, offered aeroplanes and aerial landscape as new subject matter.

7. Dynamism of Train Ship Airplane, GiulioD'Anna, 1930

8. Aeropainting was surprisingly varied in subject matter and treatment, including realism (especially in works of propaganda), abstraction, dynamism, quiet Umbrian landscapes, portraits of Benito Mussolini,religious paintings, and decorative art.

9. TullioCrali, Acrobazie inCielo, 1930 

10. TullioCrali, Incuneandosinell' abitato (Diving on a City) - 1939

11. Completed at age 80 Completed at age 90, just before he died