Futurism

Futurism was a global art movement founded in Milan, Italy in the early 20th century by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. It is associated with contemporary concepts of the future, including speed, noise, technology, youth and violence, machines; cars and aeroplanes, pollution and  the industrial cities. All this means that the futurists were embraced the exciting new world that was upon them rather then enjoying the modern world's comforts. 

The futurists performed in every medium of art, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre, film, fashion, literature, music and also architecture. The key figures of such movement were; Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carra, Fortunato Depero among others. The futurism movement also influenced other art movement such as Art Deco, Constructivism, Surrealism and Dada. 

Here are some of the futurists work:

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) 

An example of Futurist architecture by Antonio Sant'Elia

Natalia Goncharova, Cyclist, 1913

The cover of the last edition of Blast, the literary magazine of the
British Vorticist movement, a movement heavily influenced by Futurism.

Reference 

Depero Futuristi, N/A. Depero, Futurism and more. [online] Available at: <http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/balli-plastici/learn/> [Accessed November 2013].

Kim Scarborough, 2002. Futurism. [online] Available at: <http://www.unknown.nu/futurism/> [Accessed November 2013].