April 25, 2012
Umberto Boccioni …. Dynamism of a cyclist
Umberto Boccioni (19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
Like other Futurists, his work centered on the portrayal of movement (dynamism), speed, and technology.
April 25, 2012
Dinamismo di un ciclista ……..Umberto Boccioni
The drawings that make up Boccioni’s “unique forms” represent an attempt to create art works that do not merely reproduce aspects of contemporary life but also demonstrate how seemingly solid objects are actually defined by the interplay between solid mass and its environment. In Boccioni’s words: “We proclaim the absolute and complete abolition of definite lines and closed sculpture: We break open the figure and enclose it in environment.” Boccioni’s images may at first glance seem unambitious and overly dependent on Cubist syntax. Precisely because the whole concept of linear dynamics as lines of force that interpenetrate all things, breaking down what was assumed to be solid corporeal mass, is so demanding, especially when confined to 2D, Boccioni was wise to limit his first undertakings in the direction of a Futurist aesthetic to the image of the human body. He was attempting to unite interior and exterior, past with present and future, the actual and the remembered within a single image.
