Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (Museum of Modern Art, New York)

Umberto Boccioni (October 19, 1882–August 16, 1916) was an Italian painter and sculptor and a member of the Futurist movement. Image File history File links Moma_boccioni_03. ... Image File history File links Moma_boccioni_03. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ... NY redirects here. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... why hello hello Sculptor redirects here. ... Umberto Boccioni - Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. ...

Like other Futurists, his work centered on the portrayal of movement (dynamism), speed, and technology. He was born in Reggio Calabria, Italy. Location within Italy Map of Italy showing Reggio Calabria in the south Reggio Calabria (officially Reggio di Calabria, Rìggiu in calabrian dialect, Righi in Greek-Calabrian), is the largest and the oldest city in Calabria, Italy. ...

Short biography

Umberto Boccioni studied art through the Scuola Libera del Nudo at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, beginning in 1901. He also studied design with a sign painter in Rome. Together with his friend Gino Severini, he became student of Giacomo Balla, a divisionist painter. In 1906, Boccioni studied Impressionist and Post-Impressionist styles in Paris. During later 1906 and early 1907, he shortly took drawing classes at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. In 1901, Boccioni first visited the Famiglia Artistica, a society for artists in Milan. After moving there in 1907, he became acquainted with fellow Futurists including the famous poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The two would later join with others in writing manifestos on Futurism. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Giacomo Balla (July 24, 1871 - March 1, 1958) was an Italian painter. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ... Post-Impressionism is a term applied to a number of painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries whose style developed out of or reacted against that of the Impressionists. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Milano redirects here. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Futurists in Paris, February 1912. ... Umberto Boccioni - Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. ...

Boccioni became the main theorist of the artistic movement. He also decided to be a sculptor after he visited various studios in Paris, in 1912, among which those of Braque, Archipenko, Brancusi, Raymond Duchamp-Villon and, probably, Medardo Rosso. While in 1912 he exhibited some paintings together with other italian futurists at the Bernheim-Jeune, in 1913 he returned to show his sculptures at the Gallerie La Boetie: all related to the elaboration of what Boccioni had seen in Paris, they in their turn probably influenced the cubist sculptors, especially Duchamp-Villon. 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... ] Categories: People stubs | Modern artists | French painters | French sculptors | 1882 births | 1963 deaths | Cubism ... Alexander Porfiryevich Archipenko (also referred to as Olexandr, Oleksandr, or Aleksandr) (May 30, 1887 - February 25, 1964) was a Ukrainian sculptor and graphic artist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Raymond Duchamp-Villon (November 5, 1876 - October 9, 1918) was a French sculptor. ... Medardo Rosso (born 21 June 1858, Turin, Italy - died 31 March 1928, Milan) was an Italian sculptor. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Raymond Duchamp-Villon (November 5, 1876 - October 9, 1918) was a French sculptor. ...

In 1914, he published Pittura e scultura futuriste (dinamismo plastico) explaining the esthetics of the group: “ While the impressionists make a table to give one particular moment and subordinate the life of the table to its resemblance to this moment, we synthesize every moment (time, place, form, color-tone) and thus build the table. ” He exhibited in London, together with the group, in 1912 (Sackville Gallery) and 1914 (Doré Gallery): the two exhibitions made a deep impression on the young English artist: some joined then the Vorticism, lead by Wyndham Lewis. Mobilized in the declaration of war, Boccioni was assigned at an artillery regiment at Sorte, near Verona. On 16 August 1916, Boccioni was accidentally thrown from his horse during a cavalry training exercise and was trampled. He died the following day, aged 33. Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Wyndham Lewis in 1916 Percy Wyndham Lewis (November 18, 1882 – March 7, 1957) was a Canadian born British painter and author. ... Verona is an ancient town, episcopal see, and province in Veneto, Northern Italy. ... Year 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

An image derived from Boccioni's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space appears on an Italian 20 cent (euro) coin.

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Artwork

Boccioni was both a Futurist painter and sculptor. One of Umberto Boccioni's best known paintings is The street enters the house (La Strada Entra Nella Casa) in the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Germany which featured an exhibition on futurism in 2001. Other important Boccioni works include the bronze sculpture, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) and the painting, The City Rises (1910). His first solo exhibition was held in 1910 at the Galleria Ca' Pesaro in Venice. This article is about the art movement, futurism. ... The Sprengel Museum in Hanover The Sprengel Museum in Hanover houses one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. ... Alternate meanings: Hanover (district), Hanover (region), Hanover (state), other uses Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the Leine river, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) in Germany. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... La città che sale by Umberto Boccioni La città che sale (1910) (The City Rises) is an important painting by the italian painter Umberto Boccioni. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

Style

Boccioni expressed the overarching beliefs of Futurism in his Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture. Other works that he co-authored include Manifesto of the Futurist Painters and Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting published around 1910. In 1912, Boccioni shifted to sculpture and published his Manifesto of Futurist Sculpters. All of these writings call for young artists to intensely pursue living, dynamic, and original forms of art. Traditional art techniques and styles were discarded and art critics ignored. Futurists glorified transformations of the world brought on by science.

References

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Umberto Boccioni

• Guggenheim Collection's Boccioni entry
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