Boccioni

[heyjudas]

Boccioni is an italian futurist painter and sculptor, who's bronze-cast "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space" greatly impressed me. It needs to be seen in 3D to be appreciated properly. To me the idea that it most strongly evokes is the synthesis of form and movement; the anatomical acuracy of the sculpture is surprising in it's detail, whilc each

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[anonymous]

While I understand the central concept here, the linking of movement/stillness with simple lines that fade into stone, I find that the contrast is marred slightly by the fact that I don't really get that much of a sense of motion from the dancers themselves - or to be precise from the blue figure.

That said, I like the lack of reflective colour and environmental effects, I think it works well on the stone feel, something like a cave painting maybe?

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[psynian]

Oops - forgot to log in. That is me, up there.

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[heyjudas]

Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated !