Unique forms of continuity in space, 1913 by umberto boccioni cubism sculpture museum of modern art (moma), new york city, ny, us.
The futurist movement was founded by writers and artists like umberto boccioni, who enthused about new inventions such as cars and electricity in unique forms of continuity in space, the figure is aerodynamically deformed by speed boccioni exaggerated the body’s dynamism so that it embodied the urge towards progress. Artwork page for ‘unique forms of continuity in space’, umberto boccioni, 1913, cast 1972 on display at tate modern in the early years of the twentieth century, industrialisation swept across italy the futurist movement was founded by writers and artists like umberto boccioni, who enthused about new inventions such as cars and electricity.
Unique forms of continuity in space is a bronze futurist sculpture by umberto boccioni it is seen as an expression of movement and fluidity the sculpture is depicted on the obverse of the italian-issue 20 cent euro coin.
Although boccioni was a painter first and foremost, his brief forays into sculpture are significant the speed and fluidity of movement - what boccioni called a synthetic continuity - is brilliantly captured in this bronze piece, with the human figure gliding through space, almost as if man. In “unique forms of continuity in space” and “head + house + light” (1911), he carried out his theories that the sculptor should model objects as they interact with their environment, thus revealing the dynamic essence of reality his most famous work, unique forms of continuity in space. Chapter 22/23 study play fauvism fuse the sculptural form with space in the futurist sculpture unique forms of continuity in space, umberto boccioni attempts to use of light to organize compositions edward hopper differed from the impressionists in his russia.
In unique forms of continuity in space, boccioni puts speed and force into sculptural form the figure strides forward the figure strides forward surpassing the limits of the body, its lines ripple outward in curving and streamlined flags, as if molded by the wind of its passing. The futurists’ celebration of the fast pace and mechanical power of the modern world is emphasized here in the sculpture’s dynamism and energy.
Umberto boccioni, unique forms of continuity in space, 1913 (cast 1931), bronze, 1112 x 885 x 40 cm (the museum of modern art, new york) the face of the sculpture is abstracted into a cross, suggesting a helmet, an appropriate reference for the war-hungry futurists.