MPC 203 Chapter 9: Futurism
31 Dec 2015
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Name came from filippo marinetti (italian poet) Wanted a new enlightened era (like die br cke) Championed war as means of erasing past. Wanted to destroy museums, libraries, repositories of old culture. Very interested in speed and dynamism of modern technology, so futurist art often focused on motion in time and space, used cubism"s analysis of form. Protruding cannon and gleaming train = faith in cleansing. Captures dynamism and motion central to futurist. Giacomo balla depiction of war action of war manifesto movement. Elements broken up into planes, like there"s action and. Bright colors, no sign of death or destruction = sanitized: dynamism of dog on a leash. Shows dog and owner (skirts just visible) Umberto boccioni: unique forms of continuity in space. Showcases formal and spatial effects of motion, rather than the striding figure of the person. Figure broken into planes and contours, disappears in blur of movement. Power and activity to create images symbolic of dynamism.
