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FUTURISM

FUTURISM. “Our greatest motivation in life comes from not knowing the future .” So we create art of what we think it will be or how it should be -Thomas Frey (Futurist). Futurism started in Italy They were interested in advancement in mechanized society and destruction of all

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FUTURISM

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  1. FUTURISM “Our greatest motivation in life comes from not knowing the future.” So we create art of what we think it will be or how it should be -Thomas Frey (Futurist)

  2. Futurism started in Italy • They were interested in advancement in • mechanized society and destruction of all • symbols of the past (museums, academies, • And large cities) • Felt they held up progress • Favorite word “dynamism” • -shows “lines of force” that represent certain • objects

  3. Futurism Dynamism Speed Energy Machine power Vitality Change Restlessness of Motion

  4. Joseph Stella • Italian, travels to America at 25 • He lives in New York before returning to his home land • NYC inspires Stella’s works of art • His works show his concern for symmetry and design in how the • different parts of the painting relates to one another

  5. Brooklyn Bridge, 1918 Dynamic Symmetrical Balanced Lights Color Perspective Iconic city image

  6. Battle of Lights Fast Commotion Crowed Lights Loud Busy Movement

  7. DE STIJL(da stay el) Dutch for “the style” ADVOCATED: Nonrepresentational art, and the elimination of all Feeling and emotion (complete opposite of expressionism) Form is reduced to line or shape Color is reduced to the primary colors (RED, BLUE, YELLOW)

  8. PIET MONDRIAN Flattened natural forms and reduced them to linear patterns The colors Mondrian chose as “purest” were the primaries

  9. Diagonal Composition, 1921 Wanted to evoke the unity and order of nature by: Eliminating any false Representation Every space a different size every white a different shade of light grey “Art systematically Eliminates the world of Nature and man”

  10. CREATE YOUR OWN MONDRIANINSPIRED ART WORK • Keep in mind: • Line • Perspective • Depth • Primaries only • Organization • Simplicity • Uniformity

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