Umberto Boccion

I am at the Museo del Novecento, in Milan, Italy, learning about Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. This bronze sculpture was created in 1913 during the Cubism and Futurism periods. Though the trip was costly, I decided to go anyway to learn more about this extraordinary piece. The work portrays a runner in full speed; its legs facing forward, display the speed and power of the runner. The cost of traveling to the city, roundtrip, reached a little over $1,400 of airfare, with the cost of staying at the Grand Visconti Palace hotel cost for $136 a night. One original patron for this particular artwork was Carlo Forlivesi, an Italian songwriter who started an international composition competition and workshop that emphasized music and poetry and was titled Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. …show more content…
This bronze sculpture was created in 1913 during the Cubism and Futurism periods. Though the trip was costly, I decided to go anyway to learn more about this extraordinary piece. The work portrays a runner in full speed; its legs facing forward, display the speed and power of the runner. The cost of traveling to the city, roundtrip, reached a little over $1,400 of airfare, with the cost of staying at the Grand Visconti Palace hotel cost for $136 a night. One original patron for this particular artwork was Carlo Forlivesi, an Italian songwriter who started an international composition competition and workshop that emphasized music and poetry and was titled Unique Forms of Continuity in