This is in part because Marinetti was an artist, and the Italian Futurists ... behind the Futurist Manifesto of 1909: Marinetti and his cohort embraced and championed fascism.

As the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce wrote in 1924: “For anyone who has a sense of historical connections, the ideological origins of Fascism can be found in Futurism, in the determination ...

Italian Futurism was an art movement led by the charismatic poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. It was known for futurists’ love ...

The exhibition Italian Futurism ... If you’re looking for a black-and-white resolution between Fascism and Futurism, forget it. The all-too-human intertwining disparities make it impossible ...

Marinetti wanted futurism to be Italian fascism’s official art movement. But the dictator refused, preferring to bestow his favours on different art movements at different times. The two men ...

Marinetti’s association with Fascism has tainted the Futurists ... one of the most famous Futurist artists, actually featured on the Italian Euro 20 cents coin, just to give an indication ...

Founded in 1909 by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti ... She described the common association of futurism with fascism as "a bit misleading," noting that futurists "certainly officially ...

Specifically he wished to enlist art in the service of Italian nationalism, and on the strength of that dubious political quest--which fatefully attached the Futurists to Mussolini--Futurism ...

But clues can be found in the figure of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet who, in the early 20th century, founded the Futurist movement and later contributed to the founding of fascism.