Development Of A Bottle In Space
''Development of a Bottle in Space'' (Italian language, Italian: ''Sviluppo di una bottiglia nello spazio'') is a bronze futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni. Initially a sketch in Boccioni’s "Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture"," the design was later cast into bronze by Boccioni himself in the year 1913. Consistent with many of themes in Boccioni’s manifesto, the work of art highlights the artist’s first successful attempt at creating a sculpture that both molds and encloses space within itself. History and Inspiration Much of Boccioni’s inspiration in creating the work can be accredited to the publication of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti’s "Futurist Manifesto". Marinetti, often credited as the founder of futurism as an artistic and literary movement, produced the manifesto in 1909, which would later serve as the foundation for Boccioni’s very own "Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture". Marinetti in his manifesto expresses a passionate loathing of everything ...
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