vorticism
(ˈvɔːtɪsɪz(ə)m)
Also Vorticism.
[f. L. vortex, vortic- vortex + -ism.]
A British art-movement of the early twentieth century, characterized by abstractionism and machine-like forms. Also applied to similar tendencies in literature.
| 1914 E. Pound in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 470 The image is not an idea. It is a radiant node or cluster; it is what I can.. call a Vortex, from which..ideas are constantly rushing... And from this necessity came the name ‘vorticism’. 1915 Drawing July 56/1 Vorticism..is in reality our old and amusing friend Cubism, but Cubism heavily charged with electricity. 1926 F. V. P. Rutter Evolution in Mod. Art v. 105 Impressionism..was succeeded by Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Futurism, Vorticism, and what not. 1962 Listener 5 Apr. 599/1 He [sc. Ezra Pound] was fighting under the banner of ‘vorticism’. 1977 P. L. Fermor Time of Gifts iii. 69 Pale woods and plastics were juggled together with stale and pretentious vorticism. 1980 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 18 Nevinson was one of the first artists to use the contemporary techniques of vorticism and futurism for depicting the war [of 1914–18]. |