Carlo Carra

Carlo Carrà was a metaphysical artist during the 1920’s and 30’s. Carlo was influenced by both Masaccio, the first great Italian painter during the Quattrocento period, and Giorgio Morandi, an associate of the regional Strapaese group. Masaccio’s influence can be seen in the sombre coloring in most of Carlo’s works. Specifically, this sombreness can be seen in Jolts of a Cab. Giorgio Morandi made many paintings of subtle depictions of subjects that appear to be simple. In Still Life, Carlo shows this influence by painting a jug, a bowl, and a knife. All three are mundane objects, but have been argued to have deeper implications.
Metaphysical art has a dreamlike quality and sharp contrasts between shadow and light, along with a vaguely threatening and mysterious quality. Funeral of the Anarchist …show more content…
Funeral of the Anarchist Galli has a dark orange or red color through the middle with darker colors in the bottom left and lighter colors in the top right. You can see quite a few different objects within the painting. People can also barely be made out, but what they are doing is hard to tell. It appears to be a raucous event going on with people and objects flying everywhere. Jolts of a Cab is an overall brighter painting. There are definite surfaces within the painting, but if there are discernible objects I can’t find them. Lots of small specks of color are throughout the painting, with the overall color being yellow or light orange. Ritmi Plastici is a black and white painting. It appears to have some sort of writing across it, almost like street art. There are darker smudges at the top left and bottom right of the painting. Concert Cafe is very dark. Similar to Jolts of a Cab, there are easily seen planes and lines throughout the painting but not any easily seen singular objects. It almost looks as if it was all thrown