When Italy entered World War 1 in 1915 many futurists enroled, meaning the slow death of the Futurist movement.
Another major contribution to the Futurist movement ending was the death of the machine age, meaning artists lost flair and inspiration for their work. Also, the hanging of fellow artist Mussolini in 1945 brought the futurists a political conclusion.
However the nail on the head for this controversial movement was the death of Marinetti himself in 1945. Futurism had died in Italy.
Monday, 11 January 2010
Futurism - Artists
Futurist artist included Filippo Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carra. Italy had a corrupt government in Italy at the time of the manifesto release, futurists demanding change and reform.
After the release of the manifesto Marinetti was joined by other futurism idealists including Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carra.
Filippo Marinetti:
His artwork was seen as being a niusence to conventional society and the art establishment, an example to give an idea of his artistic techniques is "if a painting was that of a man with a moustache, the whiskers would be depicted with the bristles of a shaving brush pasted into theb canvas.
Umberto Boccioni:
Boccioni's work centered around the portrayal of dynamism, technology and speed like most of the futurist artists. His most important works included "Riot in the city" which illustrates a violent uprising in an art institution, but "The City Rises" is conisidered to be a better piece of his. Flowing brush strokes and angles within the painting give it a somewhat abstract feel.
Boccioni later developed a keeness for sculpture.
Boccoini's "The City Rises"
Carlo Carra:
Futurism being his best known and most influential movement, it was shortlived. His futurist phase ended near the beginning of world war 1. He began dealing with stillness and form within his work rather than motion and speed. However he still incorporated some if his futurist concepts into his new work.
Carra's I funerali dell'anarchico Galli
After the release of the manifesto Marinetti was joined by other futurism idealists including Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carra.
Filippo Marinetti:
His artwork was seen as being a niusence to conventional society and the art establishment, an example to give an idea of his artistic techniques is "if a painting was that of a man with a moustache, the whiskers would be depicted with the bristles of a shaving brush pasted into theb canvas.
Umberto Boccioni:
Boccioni's work centered around the portrayal of dynamism, technology and speed like most of the futurist artists. His most important works included "Riot in the city" which illustrates a violent uprising in an art institution, but "The City Rises" is conisidered to be a better piece of his. Flowing brush strokes and angles within the painting give it a somewhat abstract feel.
Boccioni later developed a keeness for sculpture.
Boccoini's "The City Rises"
Carlo Carra:
Futurism being his best known and most influential movement, it was shortlived. His futurist phase ended near the beginning of world war 1. He began dealing with stillness and form within his work rather than motion and speed. However he still incorporated some if his futurist concepts into his new work.
Carra's I funerali dell'anarchico Galli
Futurism - Influences
Inspired by the development of cubism then went further in its techniques, futurists painters created rhythm within line repetition. This was mostly inspired by experimenting with photographs - breaking motion into small sequences as well as the use of different angles.
Continuous brush strokes and bright colours helped create the illusion of motion within the artists paintings.
Futurism influenced other 20th century movements including Surrealism and Art Deco.
Continuous brush strokes and bright colours helped create the illusion of motion within the artists paintings.
Futurism influenced other 20th century movements including Surrealism and Art Deco.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Futurism - the beginning
Futurism is an early 20th century movement that centered in Italy in 1909. The Futurism movement focused on the dynamism, speed, energy and power of advancing machinery as well as the vitality and restlessness of modern life.
The name Futurism (thought up by Marinetti) reflected the emphasis on irrelevant art of the past, thus celebrating rapid change in culture and society.
Marinetti's Futurism manifesto glorified technological advancement and its rhetoric was rather loudmouthed. An agressive tone meant it purposely intended on inspiring pubic amazement and anger, arousing controversy and attracting widespread attention.
The Manifesto was published for the first time on the 5th February 1909 in an Italian newspaper.
The Futurist Manifesto
The name Futurism (thought up by Marinetti) reflected the emphasis on irrelevant art of the past, thus celebrating rapid change in culture and society.
Marinetti's Futurism manifesto glorified technological advancement and its rhetoric was rather loudmouthed. An agressive tone meant it purposely intended on inspiring pubic amazement and anger, arousing controversy and attracting widespread attention.
The Manifesto was published for the first time on the 5th February 1909 in an Italian newspaper.
The Futurist Manifesto
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Juan Gris
José Victoriano González-Pérez, better known as Juan Gris (of Madrid 1887-1927). in 1904-1905 he studied painting with academic artist José Maria Carbonero. Then in 1906 he moved to paris and befriended Braque, Fernand Leger and Picasso.
Although he illustrated rather dark humour to journals such as the Le Rire and the Le Chi de Paris, in 1910 he started painting seriously. By 1912 he had developed a distinctive analytical Cubist style. After 1913 Gris' cubist style converted to synthetic cubism with extensive use of Papier Colle.
His style was also distinctive because rather than using monochromatic his fellow artists Picasso and Braque, Gris used bright harmonious colours in the manner of his friend Matisse.
The artists and influences
In my first post I described how Paul Cezanne became a major influential factor towards the cubist movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cezanne's interest in the conversion/simplification of shapes, emphasis on different perspectives and rejection of the idea that art should be a copy of nature fascinated both Picasso and Braque, therefore encouraging them to begin working on the development of the Cubist movement.
Cezanne was a post-impressionist artist and his early expressionistic works were rather dark and heavy, but became lighter and brighter over time. He was compelled to present outlines of forms so as to show both views from the left and right eyes. Cezanne insisted that art wasn't just natures copy, but rather parallel to it, thus pathing the way to the cubist movement.
He observed and recorded colour variations as well as basic geometric shapes that could be found in nature.
This technique influenced many young painters including Picasso, who referred to Paul Cezanne as "my one and only master; father to us all". Considering Cezanne is seen as the "father of Modern Art", Picasso's quote is more or less correct.
Initially, Picasso was the force and behind the movement and encouraged Braque to move away from Fauvism. Both artists worked in sync during 1908-1909 until the beginning of the first world war, the cubist movement then spread quickly through Paris and Europe.
At first, art critics in Paris weren't as taken to the cubist idea as Picasso and Braque were, they described their work as being "full of little cubes" and "bizarre cubiques".
Cezanne was a post-impressionist artist and his early expressionistic works were rather dark and heavy, but became lighter and brighter over time. He was compelled to present outlines of forms so as to show both views from the left and right eyes. Cezanne insisted that art wasn't just natures copy, but rather parallel to it, thus pathing the way to the cubist movement.
He observed and recorded colour variations as well as basic geometric shapes that could be found in nature.
This technique influenced many young painters including Picasso, who referred to Paul Cezanne as "my one and only master; father to us all". Considering Cezanne is seen as the "father of Modern Art", Picasso's quote is more or less correct.
Initially, Picasso was the force and behind the movement and encouraged Braque to move away from Fauvism. Both artists worked in sync during 1908-1909 until the beginning of the first world war, the cubist movement then spread quickly through Paris and Europe.
At first, art critics in Paris weren't as taken to the cubist idea as Picasso and Braque were, they described their work as being "full of little cubes" and "bizarre cubiques".
Analytical and Synthetic Cubism
There are two different forms of cubism, synthetic and analytical. The two forms vary in many ways including how much a subject is reduced to cubist form and the use of "real life" materials - meaning textured materials.
Analytical Cubism looks at the idea of compression within subject inspection - looking at the subject from different angles and bringing all theses veiws together, then reducing and simplifying the element.
The painting PROCESS also plays a vital role in this form of cubism - seeing,movement,recognizing and understanding. Also the reduction of an element to the basic form.
Picasso's Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler is a great example of Analytical cubism
Synthetic Cubism looks at featured elements of collage, introducing textured materials/surfaces to the painting. The idea behind this is to connect/re-connect the painting with the real world. Elements of modern culture were also introduced, an example of this being newspaper clippings.
Picasso's Still Life With Chair Caning shows the use of textured materials in cubism - he used actual chair caning.
Analytical Cubism looks at the idea of compression within subject inspection - looking at the subject from different angles and bringing all theses veiws together, then reducing and simplifying the element.
The painting PROCESS also plays a vital role in this form of cubism - seeing,movement,recognizing and understanding. Also the reduction of an element to the basic form.
Picasso's Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler is a great example of Analytical cubism
Synthetic Cubism looks at featured elements of collage, introducing textured materials/surfaces to the painting. The idea behind this is to connect/re-connect the painting with the real world. Elements of modern culture were also introduced, an example of this being newspaper clippings.
Picasso's Still Life With Chair Caning shows the use of textured materials in cubism - he used actual chair caning.
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