Look up: Vorticism

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   Vorticism
   Literary and artistic movement occurring between 1912-1915 which attacked the sentimentality of 19th Century art. Ezra Pound was one of the main exponents.
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   Vorticism
   A short-lived artistic movement that was announced in London in 1914. Led by the painter and writer, Wyndham Lewis, its literary significance is regarded as neglible except in that Ezra Pound regarded it as an advance upon his previous phase of Imagism. The Vorticist manifestos which appeared in Lewis' magazine Blast (1914-15) celebrated the dynamic energies of the machine age, whilst at the same time accusing Futurism of having romanticised the machine. Vorticism called for an end to all sentimentality. For Pound the 'vortex' was the concentrated energy of the avant-garde, which would blast away the complacency of the established culture. Vorticism was just one of the minor currents of Modernism.
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   Vorticism
   Short-lived British literary and artistic movement (1912-15), influenced by cubism and Futurism and led by Wyndham Lewis. Lewis believed that painting should reflect the complexity and rapid...
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   Vorticism
   The Vorticists were a British avant-garde group formed in London in 1914 by the artist, writer and polemicist, Wyndham Lewis. Their only group exhibition was held in London the following year. Vorticism was launched with the first issue (of two) of the magazine Blast which contained among other material two aggressive manifestos by Lewis 'blasting' ...
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   Vorticism
   `Vorticism` was a short lived British art movement of the early 20th century. It is considered to be the only significant British movement of the early 20th century but lasted less than three years.
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   Vorticism
   (from the article `London Group`) ...more radical painters, whose work was strongly influenced by Cubist and Futurist geometry and colour, also joined the London Group. These included ... [5 related articles]
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