So far we’ve seen the theory behind a futurist aesthetic, but this week we look at Boccioni et al. try and make specific sense of what that would entail in Futurist Painting: A Technical Manifesto. We will cover Divisionism, Pointillism and other aspects of Impressionism to understand what makes a painting specifically Futurist while talking through examples by Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, among others as well as some paintings by non-Futurists, like Giovanni Segantini, who greatly influenced them.
Also in this episode: the rejection of the critic, a whirling life of steel, and the call for a 10 year moratorium on the nude in painting.
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The Manifesto: https://www.unknown.nu/futurism/techpaint.html
The Paintings:
Previati Gaetano, “La Danza delle Ore”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artgate_Fondazione_Cariplo_-_Previati_Gaetano,_La_Danza_delle_Ore.jpg
Giovanni Segantini, “The Punishment of Lust”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punishment_of_Lust
Giovanni Segantini, “The Evil Mothers”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Evil_Mothers_by_Giovanni_Segantini.jpg
Medardo Rosso, “Bookmaker”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medardo_rosso,_bookmaker,_1902-03,_bronzo.jpg
Medardo Rosso, “Invalid in Hospital”
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/invalid-in-hospital-by-medardo-rosso-sculpture-in-patinated-news-photo/173458208
Carlo Carrà, “The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funeral_of_the_Anarchist_Galli
Giacomo Balla, “Speeding Automobile”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79343
Giacomo Balla, “Street Light”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/78382
Giacomo Balla, “Dynamism of a Dog on a leash”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamism_of_a_Dog_on_a_Leash
Gino Severini, “Souvenirs de Voyage”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gino_Severini,_1911,_Souvenirs_de_Voyage,_oil_on_canvas,_47_x_75_cm,_private_collection.jpg
Gino Severini, “Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabrin”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79419
Luigi Russolo, “Profumo”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luigi_Russolo_-_Profumo_(1910).jpg
Luigi Russolo, “Solidity of Fog”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luigi_Russolo_solidity-of-fog-1912.jpg
Luigi Russolo, “Plastic Synthesis of Movements of a Woman”
https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/luigi-russolo/plastic-synthesis-of-movements-of-a-woman/
Umberto Boccioni, “The Laugh”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umberto_Boccioni_-_Laughter.jpg
Umberto Boccioni, “The Riot”
https://www.moma.org/collection/works/79278
Umberto Boccioni, “Three Women”
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Women_by_Umberto_Boccioni,_1910.jpg
Umberto Boccioni, “The City Rises”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_Rises
