Futurism 1909-1914

Futurism:
Invented in 1909 by poet Filippo Tommas Mari it embraced the arts in their widest sense. It was a revolutionary Italian movement that celebrated modernity. The futurist vision was put forward in a series of manifestos that attacked traditional Italian art in favour of a new avant grade. They promoted heavy industrialisation, technology and transport swell as urban life in general. Futurists adopted the same visual style as cubists but with their own twist in which the subject is presented in a more dynamic way than in cubism. 

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Cubism 1907-1915

Cubism:
Cubism was invented by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in Paris around 1907. It was the first abstract style of modern art. Cubist paintings ignore the traditions of perspective drawing and show you many views of a subject at one time. The Cubists believed that the traditions of Western art had become exhausted and to revitalize their work, they drew on the expressive energy of art from other cultures, particularly African art. There are two distinct phases of the Cubist style: Analytical Cubism and Synthetic Cubism . Cubism has influenced many other styles of modern art including Expressionism, Futurism and Orphism.

Modernism

Modernism:

Modernism arose from changes within western society, it is a cultural movement that started and developed alongside criticism of the industrial revolution, Modernist Artists include Hans Hoffman, Matisse and Pablo Picasso. Modernists rejected Realism and experimented with form and parody. Some characteristics of the movement and its pieces include self reference and awareness, It encouraged the re examination and re thinking of  every aspect of existence to determine which things were holding back progress. Many modernists rejected religious beliefs which led to many of them adopting an agenda which promoted the fact that many forms of art, culture and philosophy were outdated and needed improving.

The Aesthetic Movement

Aestheticism:

  The aesthetic movement is an art movement supporting the emphasis of aesthetic values as opposed to social or political themes within literature, fine art music and other arts. It was incredibly popular in europe at the beginning of the 19th century and helped to inspire other significant art movements of the time such as Symbolism and Decadence across Europe. Aestheticism is a great movement in my eyes and is seen as art for arts sake without having a political or social motive to inspire change among its audience, it is just made to be good looking and interesting and is something that is art.