an art movement in England initiated in 1913 by Wyndham Lewis combining the techniques of cubism with the concern for the problems of the machine age evinced in futurism
Derived forms
vorticist (ˈvorticist)
noun
Word origin
C20: referring to the "vortices" of modern life on which the movement was based
vorticism in American English
(ˈvɔrtəˌsɪzəm)
noun
[oftenV-]
a movement in English art at the beginning of WWI, involving Wyndham Lewis, Jacob Epstein, and others, and influenced by cubism and futurism