Read a piece of Italian futurist art carefully and explore major themes in what Italy’s reality was coming into WWI.

Topic: Italian Futurism

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The discussion board this week has us focused on cultural production with Italian Futurism.

Select a work of art produced during the Italian Futurist Movement from the following website:

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/keywords/futurism/

Select one image and Post this image in your discussion board and explore the following question.

In February 1909, Marinetti published a famous manifesto in the French newspaper Le Figaro, demanding that Italian culture stop looking backward and embrace a contemporary reality.

Read a piece of Italian futurist art carefully and explore major themes in what Italy’s reality was coming into WWI.

Based on these themes, explore these dynamic cultural shifts in the historical context.

What is typical of the cultural production of this movement? And does it mark a shift into modernity?

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