Futurism

Futurism

Movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th Century, which spanned all of the arts. It emphasised the impact of technology on society.

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futurism

Art history; General art history

Art movement launched by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. On 20 February he published his Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le ...

futurism

Performing arts; Theatre

Movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th Century, which spanned all of the arts. It emphasized the impact of technology on society.

futurity

Animals; Horses

A show class or event for young horses that requires entering long (often years) before the actual event.

futurism

Photography; Professional photography

art movement started in Italy c. 1910, characterized by an aggressive rejection of tradition, and the representation of the dynamic movement of machinery.

futures

Sports; Horse racing

Bets placed in advance predicting the outcome of a future event.

coup de théâtre

Performing arts; Theatre

A sudden, surprising turn of events that gives a new twist to the plot of a play.

agon

Performing arts; Theatre

The contest or dispute between two characters which forms a major part of the action in the Greek old comedy of Aristophanes.

anagnorisis

Performing arts; Theatre

The Greek word for 'recognition' or 'discovery', used by Aristotle in his Poetics to denote the turning point in a drama at which a character (usually the protagonist) recognizes ...

anti-masque

Performing arts; Theatre

A comic and grotesque piece of clowning that sometimes preceded the performance of a masque.

academic drama

Performing arts; Theatre

A dramatic tradition which arose from the Renaissance, in which the works of Plautus, Terence and other ancient dramatists were performed in schools and colleges.

Colosseum

Performing arts; Theatre

The Colosseum is the most extensive and most magnificent in the amphitheatres of ancient Rome, begun by Vespasian and completed in AD 80 by Titus. It rose in Rome, near the palace ...