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¶ … Art Movements
Cubism vs. Futurism
Futurism
Futurism was an Italian movement originated in early 20th century. It was artistic and social movement targeted to mass urban population. Futuristic was focused on transforming the mindset of society from political thinking to more rational, conscious and close to humanity mental perspective. Futurism movement has traces of modern life and comprehensive renewal of human sensibility brought by modern science. Futurist's art work is presented in every medium including painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre, film, fashion, textiles, literature, music, architecture and gastronomy. The eminent figures of this movement were Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Umberto Boccioni, Carlocarra, Gino Severini, Giacomo Balla, Antonio Sant' Elia, Tullio Crali and Luigi Russolo. Important work of this movement include Marinetti's Manifesto of Futurism, Boccioni's Sculpture, Unique form of continuity in space and Balla's painting. Futurism has also influenced other art movements like Art Deco, Constructivism, Surrealism and Dada. Marinetti had tried to make Futurism the official state art of Facist Italy but was unsuccessful in doing so. At exhibition of art by Novecento Italiano group in 1923, Mussolini had once commented: "I declare that it is far from my idea to encourage anything like a state art. Art belongs to the domain of the individual. The state has only one duty: not to undermine art, to provide humane conditions for artists, to encourage them from the artistic and national point-of-view." (Quoted in Braun, Emily, Mario Sironi and Italian Modernism, 2000)
Cubism
Cubism is the 29th century avant-grade art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. They had inspired art work in the categories of painting, sculpture, music, literature and architecture. Cubism, as an art movement was initiated with the name of Analytic Cubism and was brief but rational and influential movement between 1907 and 1911 in France. Analytic Cubism was followed by synthetic Cubism...
The Cubist artwork is analyzed from multi-dimensional perspectives to represent a subject or learning objectives. This multi-dimensional representation is because of the abstract form of artwork illustrated as random angles, moving surfaces and ambiguous spaces which are unique characteristics of cubism regime. Besides being an art movement preserved in the chronicles of art history, Cubism and its legacy persist in the modern work of art in the contemporary artistic design. Cubist artwork in the modern times is not limited to its commercial application rather substantial number of contemporary artists is using it as a style of their work or even as the theoretical application for understanding and learning art. Cubism art work adoption in the modern times is quite visible in its theoretical application where art lessons and its nature, style, representation all are used in learning images even for photography lessons. This has lead to the advancement of cubism from totally static images and art design to movable objects with unconditional applications and benefits. The limitations of Cubism in the early 20th century are now the advancements of artistic representation in the modern art work.
Comparison of Cubism and Futurism
Art symbolic representation: Futurism is the exemplary representation of artwork in the artistic style and poetry that motivated the gullible art audience, out ragged the conservative middle class and moulds as an artistic political activist. Cubist art and artists were pretty much intellectual and rational committed to further revolutionizing artwork among interested audience.
Art physical representation: the Futurists were raucous, loud, straightforward, confrontational and political. However, Cubism on the other hand worked in isolation like that of Picasso and Braque sole contribution to artwork, or they prefer working in groups when small and emphasized on conventional dimensions of artistic illustration making their art work displayed in galleries and exhibitions.
Target Audience: the Futurists…
References
Cooper, Douglas (1970) "The Cubist Epoch," Phaidon Press Limited 1970 pp. 11 -- 221, in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
Glueck, Grace (1982) Picasso Revolutionized Sculpture Too, NY Times, exhibition review 1982
Quoted in Braun, Emily, Mario Sironi and Italian Modernism (2000) Art and Politics under
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