Boccioni Flashcards
At what age did Boccioni die?
33-1916
By what date did the Futurism movement dissolve?
1918
How did Boccioni die?
In the war
Many artists associated with what movement, volunteered to fight in the war?
Futurism
What artists society did Boccioni frequent?
Famiglia Artistica
What did the futurists want to create?
A new modern machine age created by a social revolution sparked by artistic challenge to the past
What group of sculptors was Boccioni influenced by?
The Cubists
What similar classical sculpture was on display in Louvre when Boccioni created his sculpture?
Nike of Samothrace
What is the full title and year of Boccioni’s work?
Unique forms of Continuity in Space 1913
What was the title of Boccioni’s 1912 publication?
Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture
What was the title of Boccioni’s 1914 book?
Futurist Painting and Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism)
What was UFCS intended to be cast in?
Bronze
What was UFCS made of?
Plaster
When did Futurism reemerge?
The 1920s-30s
When were the first bronze cast of UFCS made?
1931
Which artist died in an accident during a calvary training exercise?
Boccioni
Which artist enlisted in the army during WWI and began active duty in 1915?
Boccioni
Where did Boccioni meet Marinetti?
At the Famiglia Artistica
Where did Boccioni settle in 1907?
Milan
Where did Boccioni study painting?
Rome
Where was Boccioni born?
Reggio di Calabria, Southern Italy
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?
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space
Who did Boccioni first work under?
Giacomo Balla
