ARTH 311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Romanticism, History Painting, The Myriad
5 Dec 2017
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Outline: masculinity as an expression of modernity, italian futurism. Celebration of technological progress: dynamism as a modern art form, british vorticism. Fear of the feminization of culture (e. g. oscar wilde, pre-raphaelites) The man as the ideal subject of modernity: interpretation exercise. Looks as if her disembodied head is floating over the street: the brushworks on the buildings create a shimmering effect, rays of light cut across the canvas, meant to visualize the imperceptible and perceptible modern environment. Imagining a cyborg-like society: example: giacomo balla, electric light, 1909, an attempt to visualize this human as a part of the world. Identify this as an urban or industrial setting: a human being who is one with architecture, technology, and machines. British vorticism: futurism began in italy, and survived the war but was not fully intact, the ideas of futurism had a huge impact internationally.
