Dynamism Of A Speeding Horse Houses
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''Dynamism of a speeding Horse + Houses'' is a sculpture from
Umberto Boccioni Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...
realized in 1914-1915. It is now part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection art museum in
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400  ...
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Description

With this artwork Boccioni aims at representing his idea on the concept of space, according to which not being able to see the distance means not to be able to perceive it. As a consequence, a spinning horse and some houses in the background look to the observer as single dynamic unity. Umberto Boccioni sculpted ''Dynamism of a speeding Horse + Houses'' after publishing his manifesto on futurist sculpture technical rules. In this document the artist encourages the use of several and different materials, the idea of an interpenetration among subject and background and the refuse of closed forms.


See also

* * {{Futurism Sculptures by Umberto Boccioni Futurist sculpture 1915 sculptures Peggy Guggenheim Collection Horses in art