Umberto Boccioni

Constructivism, written by Russian artist and designer, Aleksei Gan, and The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism 1909 written by Italian poet, Filippo Marinetti, both have written an extensive manifesto of their movements. Aleksei Gan believed that since most people are joined through labor, technologies’ of individual branches of production would form a united social technology, accurately and concretely. Constructivism took artists and architects, and turned them into Constructors. This caused them turning away from aesthetic or speculative problems in art and instead focusing on the fusion of art with everyday life in order to create the desired functional system of design. Filippo Marinetti Futurism movement questioned why people should look back in time for reference, when they can break down the mysterious doors of the impossible. Marinetti’s movement strictly involved young men, as they disregarded everything learned from the past. Aside from their differences, both movements represented socialism, communism and fascism during their time periods. Aleksei Gan, essentially believed that artists should break off with their theoretical activity of art, and take action of their knowledge and skill for a true living. He was aware of the proletarian republic, and how they fought against the bourgeois, but it was not successful. Therefore, art was finished, and artists did not have a place in the labor apparatus. Gan transformed artists and architects into constructivists, to…

After strict moral standards established many years ago appeared to have failed, and science had proven that it could not prove the origin of the universe, a new philosophical and artistic expression moved in to fill the void of the Modernist Movement. The Postmodern Movement was born out of a lack of faith in society and the established way of life as a whole, and embraced the philosophy of meaninglessness and a rejection of the transcendental meta-narrative. This move has been fully expressed…

Social concerns of humanity in Bicycle Thief The most significant events in cinema and art in the early 1940s were the emergence and rapid development of the Italian neorealism. Moreover, it was one of the most striking and perhaps the first major artistic phenomenon of the post-war years, not only in Italy but also all over the world. Neorealism as a movement, which arose in post-war time, offered a close look into the everyday life of ordinary people. Originating in the wake of the resistance…

In Milan, August 29, 1900, just one month after the assassination of King Humbert, the trial of Bresci opened. “An immense crowd of people gathered about the court from early morning, seeking admission. The hearing began at nine o’clock.” One would assume that a great amount of citizen’s support would be in attendance for such a significant and reasonable trial to observe. “While the indictment, which was very long, was being read, Bresci was apparently unmoved and scanned the faces of the…

Umberto Boccioni Khamia Melvin Art 111 Ria Whestphal November 23 2015 Umberto Boccioni During your lifetime there is always a chance for you to be inspired by someone. Someone who is true to their self , their peers and their work. Umberto Boccioni happens to be an all-time favorite and an all-time source for inspiration , motivation ,and encouragement. Umberto Boccioni was born in Reggio Calabria which happens to be the southern part of Italy , On…

He was a painter, graphic artist and sculptor born in Cortona on 7th April, 1883. In 1899, Severini travelled to Rome to attend evening classes at the Villa Medici. Shortly after he had a significant encounter with Giacomo Balla and Umberto Boccioni, he began working as a practicing artist in 1901. Balla introduced him to the Divisionistic colour technique of the Neo-Impressionists. Gino Severini moved to Paris in 1906 where he studied Impressionism. Severini was fascinated with Seurat’s…

Dada artwork represents the collapse of bourgeois cultural values and mocks the rational thought’s foolery and even the foundations of modern society. Dada had readymade objects which transformed ordinary objects into works of art. Surrealism, on the other hand, focuses on how “Criminal Madness” and the female mind are considered weaker and irrational than the male mind. Their primary purpose was to free the conscious mind from rational thinking and reason. 5) How are the characteristics of…

political beliefs and values. Germans did not have the freedom to judge art for themselves, Hitler made sure of this. Personally, I have been offended when viewing different art. One's own opinion of art and its meaning can influence what they take away from it. Different messages and intentions may be presented through art and historically many have been politically based as seen with Hitler's intent with the Germans to bring about public fear for modern art. Two works of futuristic art…

hard because of his family, because they rely on him for the income (SparkNote on The Metamorphosis). Not only does Gregor, the main character, never question why he is a bug, but neither do any of the people who encounter him. I think this is symbolizing how we feel inside, like a giant bug. We sometimes feel irrelevant/worthless when doing mindless tasks, or like a bug in a giant, vast world. With no one in the story mentioning the fact that Gregor is a bug, this adds to my theory because…

word ‘futurism’ in Vincenzo Gioberti’s Augurio dell’Italia Futura. Gioberti’s 1843 work invited the Italian theatre-going public to dream, and find an escape in their imaginations. The radical rhetoric of The Manifesto of the Communist Party, written in 1847 was another inspirational factor for Marinetti to write, and publish a Futurist Manifesto in 1909, from which the assigned quotation originates, illustrating specific ideas linked to an avant-garde movement toward Futuristic expression…