vor·ti·cism (vôr t -sz  m)n. A short-lived English movement in art and literature that arose in 1914 and was heavily influenced by cubism and futurism. |
vorticism [ˈvɔːtɪˌsɪzəm]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Movements) an art movement in England initiated in 1913 by Wyndham Lewis, the British painter, novelist, and critic (1884-1957), combining the techniques of cubism with the concern for the problems of the machine age evinced in futurism
[referring to the ``vortices'' of modern life on which the movement was based]
vorticist n
Vorticism
an art movement in England in 1914-15 stimulated by Futurism and by the idea that all artistic creation must begin in a state of strong emotion; its products, intended to establish a form characteristic of the industrial age, tend to use angular, machinelike shapes. — Vorticist, n.
See also: Art
Translations
vorticism
n (Art) → Vortizismus m
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