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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Italian poet and editor, founder of the Futurist movement (1876-1944) · Italy · Writers · Died at 67

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He wrote the manifesto that turned speed, machinery, and violence into an aesthetic - then helped write another manifesto a decade later, for Mussolini.

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A life in dates

1944Died2 December 19441910“..a member of anarchist and revolutionary circles, attracted in turn by violent action and by dream, before resolving to dedicate him to painting. [describing Boccioni ]”In their wordsJuly 1910In the 'Preface' of Boccioni's show at Ca' Pesaro, July 1910; as quoted in Inventing Futurism: The Art and Politics of Artificial Optimism,

“The past is necessarily inferior to the future. That is how we wish it to be.”In their words1910's

1909“..there is no longer any beauty except the struggle. Any work of art that lacks a sense of aggression can never be a masterpiece.”In their wordsIn the 'First Futurist Manifesto,' Filippo Marinetti, 1909; as quoted in Critical Writings: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, New Edition, quoted

“Hail! great incendiary poets, you Futurist friends!.. Hail! Paolo Buzzi, Federico de Maria, Enrico Cavacchioli, Corrado Govoni, Libero Altomare!”In their words11 April 1909Quote of F.T. Marinetti, from his text Let's Murder the Moonlight! . 11 April 1909; Original title Uccidiamo il Chiaro di Luna!,, also

“We affirm that the world's magnificence has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed.”In their words20 February 1909In: 'Le Figaro', 20 February 1909, as quoted in Futurist Manifestos, ed. Umbro Appolonio, Thames and Hudson, London, 1973

1908“Madness blew so violently on the immeasurable air pump of the circuit, that it took the form of a spiral, rising like a screw to the Zenith..”In their wordsIn 'La mort tient le volant...', in La ville charnelle, E. Sansot, Paris 1908, p. 228; as quoted in Inventing Futurism: The Art and

1876Born22 December 1876

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Emilio Sommariva (1883 - 1956) Ritratto di Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, intellettuale futurista (1913)Emilio Sommariva (1883 - 1956) Ritratto di Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, intellettuale futurista (1913)9006 - Milano - Corso Venezia - Lapide F. T. Marinetti - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-20079006 - Milano - Corso Venezia - Lapide F. T. Marinetti - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007A Tumultuous Assembly. Numerical Sensibility (Une Assemblée tumultueuse. Sensibilité numérique) published in Les mots en liberté futuristes MET DP371750A Tumultuous Assembly. Numerical Sensibility (Une Assemblée tumultueuse. Sensibilité numérique) published in Les mots en liberté futuristes MET DP371750Aldo Palazzeschi, Carlo Carrà, Giovanni Papini, Umberto Boccioni, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, 1914Aldo Palazzeschi, Carlo Carrà, Giovanni Papini, Umberto Boccioni, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, 1914Der italienische Futuristenführer Marinetti vor seinem Selbstporträt c.1913Der italienische Futuristenführer Marinetti vor seinem Selbstporträt c.1913Der italienische Futuristenführer Marinetti vor seinem Selbstporträt, c.1913Der italienische Futuristenführer Marinetti vor seinem Selbstporträt, c.1913

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  1. ..a member of anarchist and revolutionary circles, attracted in turn by violent action and by dream, before resolving to dedicate him to painting. [describing Boccioni ]

    Jul 1910, In the 'Preface' of Boccioni's show at Ca' Pesaro, July 1910; as quoted in Inventing Futurism: The Art and Politics of Artificial Optimism,, Own words

  2. Let the divine reign of Electric Light finally commence, liberating Venice from its venal moonlight of furnished rooms

    Apr 27, 1910, In: 'Contra Venezia passatista', ('Against Venice, mired in the past') 27 April, 1910; as quoted in The Other Futurism: Futurist Activity, Own words

  3. The past is necessarily inferior to the future. That is how we wish it to be.

    1910, 1910's, Own words

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Awards

Bronze Medal of Military Valour
War Merit Cross (Italy)
War Cross for Military Valour
Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915-1918
Inter-Allied Victory Medals
Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy
Commemorative Medal of the Military Operation in East Africa
Croce commemorativa del Corpo di Spedizione Italiano in Russia

In their orbit

Spouse: Benedetta Cappa

About this person

Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti was born 22 December 1876 in Italy and moved through Symbolist circles at the Abbaye de Créteil between 1907 and 1908 before breaking toward something harder. In 1909 he published the Manifesto of Futurism, a document that glorified the industrial age and set the terms for a movement that would ripple through European art. A decade later, in 1919, he co-authored the Fascist Manifesto. He died 2 December 1944, his name inseparable from both the avant-garde and the regime that consumed it.

Country
Italy
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1876 to 1944 · aged 67

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Arnaldo GinnaAlso in Futurist Life (1916)

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