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We intend to sing the love of danger, the habit of energy and fearlessness.
Courage, audacity, and revolt will be essential elements of our poetry.
Up to now literature has exalted a pensive immobility, ecstasy, and sleep. We intend to exalt aggresive action, a feverish insomnia, the racer’s stride, the mortal leap, the punch and the slap.
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.
We want to hymn the man at the wheel, who hurls the lance of his spirit across the Earth, along the circle of its orbit.
1929-1939
The “Great Depression” marked the first few years of the 1930’s.The 30’s saw the increase in the use of radio as a means of entertainment and the refinement of the airplane for travel. Other notable events during the 30’s were; the opening of the Empire State Building, nuclear fission was discovered, production of the Volkswagen Beetle began and the invention of radar. Other inventions included: the ballpoint pen, magnetic recording, the jet engine, the photo copier, nylon and the electron microscope.
dada
cubism
fauvism
surrealism
bauhaus
futurology
constructivism
Thanks to:
Bruce Mishkit
Kim Hines-Dozier
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