Which movement, led by Wyndham Lewis and Ezra Pound, combined the energy of Futurism with the formal rigor of Cubism and lasted roughly from 1914 to 1915?
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Correct answer: Vorticism
Vorticism was a short-lived British avant-garde movement that celebrated the 'vortex' of modern energy. It was primarily promoted through the magazine 'BLAST' and emphasized hard, geometric lines.
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