in 1909, marinetti published a manifesto in which he decisively broke all ties with tradition. we don't want to be part of the past, he declared. the futurists admired the new beauty, the beauty of speed, they preached courage and rebellion. and ... a question that worries us, he wrote. our feelings in painting can no longer be whispered, we we want them to sing and sound on our canvases from now on, like deafening triumphal fanfares. painting, according to artists and futurists, should convey global dynamism, reflect life in which everything moves, runs, and transforms. they proclaimed: “from now on we will place the viewer at the center of the paintings.” back in 1907 , bacioni settled in milan, where his mother and sister lived. the lively life of a big city, filled with noise, traffic and technical innovations, and thus in tune with the futuristic principle, became for the artist one of the main sources of inspiration. in 1910, baccioni presented in milan at an exhibition of free art. observes the rapid construction, as if invading her cozy, frozen little world, a paint