ARTHIST 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Photomontage, Neutral Party, The Jack Pine
28 Mar 2017
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Ruptures in the visual arts of the late 19th and early 2. Unique forms of continuity in space by boccioni. Thought that history and tradition was a burden. He was part of a group of italian visual artists and writers who called themselves the. Futurists, and their artistic movement is known as futurism. They wrote numerous manifestoes, public declarations of how they hoped art making would hep bring about change in italian society. Wanted to glorify the modern world by focusing on machines, power, and speed. Believed a new human form was needed for the new world in which he lived. Connected the human body w/ the mechanical form. Connected the form of the culture w/ the movement and dynamism of the modern world. Wanted the figure to evoke power and speed. Conveyed energy from the form of the sculpture. Long ,striding legs and a chest that projects forward and up.
