Question

Futurism was launched when the Italian ____________ Filippo Marinetti published his Manifesto of Futurism, calling for artists to test their ideas and forms against the new realities of a scientific and industrial society.

Answer 1

Answer: POET.

Explanation: Futurism was launched when the Italian POET Filippo Marinetti published his Manifesto of Futurism.

Published in 1909, the Manifesto of Futurism illustrates an avant-garde art movement focused on speed, the mechanical, and the modern, which took a deeply antagonistic attitude to traditional artistic conventions. It also advocated the modernization and cultural rejuvenation of Italy.