This study objective is to discuss the relations between sport and Futurism, one of the noisiest, influential and controversial movements of the European artistic vanguard. We believe that by this study we can discuss about the importance of these social practices (sport and art), considering the dialogues between them, as well as the construction of modernity imaginary in the 20th century first decades. Aiming this objective, we search to dialogue with Peter Burke ideas (2004) about the possibility of building a "cultural history of the image" or a "historical anthropology of the image". We have emphasize masterpieces and manifests analyses of Futurism first phase. We hope that our efforts can contribute to the promotion of a "social archaeology" of the sport, unmasking its presence in the social context.
sport; futurism; modernity