Editing Rayonism (section)

==Background==

In 1909, Italian poet [[F. T. Marinetti]] published the ''Founding Manifesto of Futurism.'' The Futurists took speed, technology and modernity as their inspiration, depicting the dynamic character of early 20th century life; examples of Italian Futurists are [[Umberto Boccioni]] and [[Giacomo Balla]]. Shortly after the movement started, [[Russian Futurism]], [[Ego-Futurism]] and [[Cubo-Futurism]] began; in Russia, the movement was developed by painter [[David Burliuk]], poets [[Aleksei Kruchyonykh]], [[Vasily Kamensky]] and [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]], and many others. Larionov and Goncharova were early followers of Russian Futurism.

In 1910, the latter two people, together with many associates such as [[Aristarkh Lentulov]] and [[Ilya Mashkov]], they founded the exhibiting society the [[Jack of Diamonds (artists)|Jack of Diamonds]]. However, in 1912, Goncharova and Larionov left, in protest at the group's reliance on French art, and organised their own rival exhibitions. It was then that Rayonism began, with a distinct vision of what abstract art was representative of. Larionov's approach to abstract painting was the idea that certain scientific principles, like radioactivity, ultraviolet light, and x-rays, were the foundation for the vision of what he wanted to create.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Bobrinskaya |first=Ekaterina |date=2020 |title=Mikhail Larionov's Rayonism and the Scientific Mythologies of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century |journal=Venezia Arti |volume=29 |pages=127–136 |doi=10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2020/01/007 |doi-access=free }}</ref>