Boccioni Flashcards

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At what age did Boccioni die?

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33-1916

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5
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By what date did the Futurism movement dissolve?

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1918

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8
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How did Boccioni die?

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In the war

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12
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Many artists associated with what movement, volunteered to fight in the war?

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Futurism

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13
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What artists society did Boccioni frequent?

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Famiglia Artistica

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18
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What did the futurists want to create?

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A new modern machine age created by a social revolution sparked by artistic challenge to the past

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22
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What group of sculptors was Boccioni influenced by?

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The Cubists

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25
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What similar classical sculpture was on display in Louvre when Boccioni created his sculpture?

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Nike of Samothrace

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28
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What is the full title and year of Boccioni’s work?

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Unique forms of Continuity in Space 1913

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What was the title of Boccioni’s 1912 publication?

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Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture

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What was the title of Boccioni’s 1914 book?

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Futurist Painting and Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism)

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48
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What was UFCS intended to be cast in?

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Bronze

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49
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What was UFCS made of?

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Plaster

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55
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When did Futurism reemerge?

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The 1920s-30s

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61
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When were the first bronze cast of UFCS made?

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1931

63
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Which artist died in an accident during a calvary training exercise?

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Boccioni

64
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Which artist enlisted in the army during WWI and began active duty in 1915?

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Boccioni

65
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Where did Boccioni meet Marinetti?

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At the Famiglia Artistica

66
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Where did Boccioni settle in 1907?

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Milan

67
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Where did Boccioni study painting?

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Rome

77
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Where was Boccioni born?

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Reggio di Calabria, Southern Italy

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Which piece of art created the sense of the human body in motion through a series of curvilinear, feathery forms that flow around and from the body?

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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

108
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Who did Boccioni first work under?

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Giacomo Balla

109
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Who did Boccioni meet in Paris in the fall of 1911?

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Picasso and Braque

111
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Who enthusiastically supported war?

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The Futurists

112
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Who laid out the goals of futurism in the 1909 “Manifesto of Futurism?”

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Filippo Marinetti

118
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Who were fascinated with modern technology, speed, and the potential for social agitation leading to the overthrow of tradition?

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The Futurists