As the industrial revolution spread around the world, people immediately started moving to the growing cities and in turn, changed their lives around. Eventually the new lifestyle even fused with old traditional ways. For example, farmers merged conventional farming techniques with new technologies. But out of this, the old ways started to die out. Futurism is defined as a progression into an advanced future through violently severing from the past. Umberto Boccoioni’s The City Rises, painted in 1910, shows the construction of a modern city on the foundation of a violent war. The painting depicts a battle between the past and the potential future. The upper left side shows a traditional port that existed in the 1800s and as you move towards the right, you can see the progression into modern factories and homes that run on gas. In reality, as more technology was introduced into daily life, cities were rebuilt to keep up with the change and the growing populations. Boccoioni painted a shaped in blue and red, which resembles a tornado, that is sucking in people who lived by the ways of the past and therefore cleansing the world for a more advanced future. The violent death of the past seems to be a rapid change. I agree with the painter that the past needs to be gone in order for the future to progress but it doesn’t have to be sudden and violent revolution. Revolutions can occur but they can last for generations and slowly allow things to change. The world has evolved rapidly in the last 100 years and will continue to evolve but there is no need for a drastic and violent change. In this slow and steady will win the race.