Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by strong chromaticism, long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency and lyricism: it was a part of
Futurism, an artistic movement founded by the poet
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who produced its first manifesto, the
Manifesto of Futurism in 1909. The movement attracted not only poets, musicians, and artists (such as
Umberto Boccioni,
Giacomo Balla,
Fortunato Depero, and
Enrico Prampolini) but also a number of architects. A cult of the
machine age and even a glorification of
war and violence were among the themes of the Futurists (several prominent futurists were killed after volunteering to fight in
World War I). The latter group included the architect
Antonio Sant'Elia, who, though building little, translated the futurist vision into an urban form.