Which Italian art movement focused on speed, movement, and machinery and appeared in the early 20th century?

• A. Baroque Art
• B. Dada
• C. Futurism
• D. Rococo

Answer: (C)

Futurism is the Italian art movement that celebrated speed, movement, and machinery, rising in the early 20th century. It started around 1909 with Marinetti’s Futurist ideas, which rejected past traditions and embraced the energy of modern life—industrial cities, cars, planes, and rapid motion. Artists depicted motion through dynamic lines, fragmented forms, and multiple viewpoints, aiming to convey the sensation of speed and technological progress. In sculpture, forms were shown in continuous action, as if breaking free into space. Baroque and Rococo belong to earlier centuries with ornate drama and playful decoration, while Dada arose later as a European, anti-art movement that questioned meaning rather than celebrating machinery and speed.