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Hand, John O. "Futurism in America." Art Journl 41.4 (1981): 337-42. JSTOR. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. This article is about the transition of Futurism from the East to America. The development of Futurism was caused by the influence from the Futurist Manifestos and paintings. F.T. Marinetti's Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism sparked the movement and through the use of variety of magazines and newspapers, it spread quickly. The article includes a summarized interview of Andre Tridon analyzing specific ways in which this movement affected the culture of the early 1900's. Tridon gives specific newspaper articles that are a direct result of the Futurism movement. By 1913 Futurism had made its impact and it seemed that it would not disappear very easily.

Bird, David W. "Differentiating Catalan and Italian Futurisms." Romance Quarterly 55.1 (2008): 13-27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 31 Oct. 2010. This article is the author's attempt to separate Italian Futurism and Catalan Futurism. Although these two movements share the term "futurism", according to the author they are quite different. The first part of the article is a detailed description of what Italian and Catalan futurisms are exactly. The second part focuses more on Catalan Futurism and why it is a more independent movement than previous authors has given it credit for.

Townsend, Christopher. "The Future of Futurism." Art Monthly 329 (2009):5-8. EBSCO. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. The Futurist Manifesto was first published in December of 1908in the magazine Poise. This article was written in celebration of the centennial year. It takes a look at Futurism then and now and its effects on society. One of the main points offered is that Futurism and Modernism are linked. Many little but interesting details about futurism can be found in this article.

Taylor, Joshua C. Futurism. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Questia:Trusted Online Research. Cengage Learning, 2010. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. This book is about the art movement of Futurism and the background information of how it came to be. The book tells us about the goals Futurism wished to accomplish. It wanted to create new risky advancement in the art world and did just that. The major part of the book is its accomplishments through various artists. It takes a look at some of those major contributing artists of Futurism such as Umberto Boccioni. It analyses the Manifestos with and how it was the catalyst to the whole movement. This contains a good amount of valuable information that can be very helpful.

Peterson, Robin T. "Futurism: Its Potential and Actual Role in Master of Business Administration (MBA) Education." Journal of Education for Business 81.6 (2006):334-343. EBSCO. Web.17 Nov. 2010. When searching for articles, I was trying to find different ways in which Futurism has influenced us today. This article defines the role of Futurism in an MBA and it can be used by many businessmen. Futurism has an effect on education on a MBA. It influences planning, industry and techniques for students.

Mckever, Rosalind. " Back to the Futurism" Art Book 17.1 (2010): 66-67. EBSCO. Web.16 Nov. 2010. The article focuses on Futurism today and its affect on the future. Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's life and his contributions to Futurism in 1909 are discussed. Marinetti influenced many other artists to follow in his footsteps. Today art is now today has taken shape in the form of technology and not as much painting and art. I like the title because it describes the article well.

Benton, Tim. "Dreams of Machines: Futurism and l'Esprit Nouveau." Journal of Design History 3.1 (1990):19-34. JSTOR. Web.17 Nov. 2010. This article contains the views of Reyner Banham on Futurism and its affect on the theory and design of machines. It analyses the thoughts of Filippo Marinetti, who wrote the Maniifesto. Specifically it engages in the development of the automobile. Futurism had a part in the development in many things especially in car advancement.

Brant, Clare. "Aeolus:Futurism's Flight to Fancy." Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 34.1 (2009): 79-90. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Futurism is in a way the art form of engineering. This article introduces the life of Oliver Stewart in a way that shows how his experiences sparked his interest in technology. The ideas in futurism are the building blocks to the future specifically in aerospace and technology. Stewart took these ideas and put them to his work. This article shows just how much can come from Futurism.

Glazer, Diane L. "AMONG FRIENDS: ITALIAN FUTURISM COMES TO AMERICA." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article is the description of the first Futurist artist in America and how Futurism changed when it came over from Italy. It is mostly an analysis of "the first American futurist", Joseph Stella, and a "futurist composer", Edgar Varese. The author also compares these American futurists with the founding Italian futurist, Filippo Marinetti.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Merjian, Ara H. "FUTURISM? AT 100." Modern Painters 21.1 (2009):40-43. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is a tribute to the 100 years that Futurism has been around. To celebrate the centenary of futurism, Modern Painters pays tribute to the movement's forward-thinking ideals. It shows how the inspiation of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti sparked groth in technology and industry.

Glazer, Diane L. "Among Friends: Italian Futurism Comes to America." New Sound: International Magazine for Music 34 (2009): 62-75. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. This article is about the arrival and spread of Italian Futurist ideas throughout the New York City culture in the early 20th century. It goes into detail the lives of the first American Futurist painter, Joseph Stella and a composer by the name of Edgard Varèse. In the article, the lives of these two artists are analyzed from the perspective of the work that they created. Through their works a friendship was made. Through this friendship and contribution to the art community Futurism grew through New York.

Robbins, Daniel J. "Sources of Cubism and Futurism." Art Journal 41.4 (1981): 324. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. This article discusses the similar origins of both futurism and cubism. These two movement have many similar techniques in their art so it only makes sense that they would sprout from a common seed. The seed that is discussed it that of symbolism and how it started these two movments.

Loss, Archie. "Vile Bodies, Vorticism and Italian futurism." Journal of Modern Literature 18.1 (1992): 155. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.\n\n

Norden, Martin F. "The Avant-Garde Cinema of the 1920s: Connections to Futurism, Precisionism, and Suprematism." Leonardo 17.2 (1984): 108-12. JSTOR. Web. 16 Nov. 2010.

Mitchell, David. "Marinetti, Futurist and Fascist." History Today 25.10 (1975): 704. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. Contains many connections between Facism and Futurism as the title indicates. These include how they targeted the young as there median for revolution, their goal of destroying old customs, and there focusing on the future rather tha the past.

Henderson, Linda D. "Italian Futurism and The Forth Dimension." Art Journal 41.4 (1981): 317-323. . JSTOR. Web.17 Nov. 2010.

Payton, Rodney J. "The Music of Futurism: Concerts and Polemics" The Musical Quarterly 62.1 (1976):5-8. JSTOR. Web.17 Nov. 2010. Since the beginning of the Futurist art Movement it has influenced and amazed the public. It wasn't until more recently that this effect has made itself present in America. This article focuses on a couple musicians Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo. It shows how these two artists worked to spread the movement.

Adamson, Walter L. "Contexts and Debates Fascinating futurism: The historiographical politics of an historical avant-garde." Modern Italy 13.1 (2008): 69-85. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Contains descriptions of a couple distiguishable groups of futursts and elaborates on there differences. The article also gives adaquate background information on people like Marinetti as well as for the futurist and fascist movements themselves. The author indicates that there may be some confusion in separation the fascist and futurist movements but the author attemps to correct this issue.

This article provides information and history on Futurism.