Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Futurism \Fu"tur*ism\, n. (Painting)
   A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below).

Source : WordNet®

futurism
     n 1: an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to
          express the energy and values of the machine age
     2: the position that the meaning of life should be sought in
        the future