Pittura
The painting
Detaching themselves completely from traditional painting, the Futurist painters introduced a new dimension of pictorial art. The Futurists observed that when traveling over land—on horseback, by automobile, or by train—plants, houses, and other objects appear to hurl themselves toward us. Nearby objects spin past at great speed, while those farther away move more slowly, forming a dynamic wheel within a horizon framed by mountains, sea, hills, and lakes. This entire frame moves as well, but so slowly that it seems motionless. Beyond it, our eyes still perceive the horizontal continuity of the ground over which we travel.
At aerial speeds, however, both this continuity and the panoramic frame disappear. As the airplane glides, dives, and climbs, it becomes an ideal, hypersensitive observation post suspended anywhere in the infinite. This experience is made even more dynamic by our awareness of motion itself, which transforms the value and rhythm of every minute and every second of visual sensation. Time and space are shattered by the sudden, lightning-like realization that the earth is racing beneath an airplane that seems perfectly still.
Angelo Cacciola Donati
Kupka Frantisek
(English)Opočno, 1871-Puteaux, 1957. Frantisˇek Kupka, one of the pioneers of abstraction, was born in a small town i...
Lagar Celso
(Spanish)Ciudad Rodrigo 1891 – Sevilla 1966, fue un pintor español expresionista de la primera generación de la Escu...
Lariónov Mikhail Fiódorovich
(English)Born 1881 in Tiraspol. He was the son of Fiodor Mikhailovich Larionov, a doctor and a pharmacist, and Aleksandr...
Moholy-Nagy László
(English)Bácsborsod, 1895-Chicago, 1946. The Hungarian-born painter László Moholy-Nagy was a leading figure in twent...
Léger Fernand
(French)Avec une carrière de plus de 50 ans, Fernand Léger (français, né le 4 février 1881 à Argentan – mort le ...
Macke August
(English)Meschede, 1887-Perthes-les-Hurlus, 1914. August Macke was one of the leading members of the German Expressionis...
Magnelli Alberto
Nacque a Firenze il 1 luglio 1888 da Emilio, commerciante, e da Giuseppina Pratesi. Alla morte del padre, avvenuta nel 1...
Malévich Kazimir
(English)Kiev, 1878-Saint Petersburg, 1935.Kazimir Malevich was the foremost practitioner of Suprematism, one of the mai...
Mallo Maruja
(Spanish)Vivero (Galicia) 1902 – Madrid 1995, fue una pintora surrealista española. Debido al trabajo de su padre...
Malmerendi Giannetto
Faenza 1893 – Cesena 1968, è stato un pittore, incisore e ceramista italiano. Giannetto Malmerendi è stato un artist...
Marasco Antonio
Nicastro 1896 – Firenze 1975 è stato un pittore, scultore e scrittore italiano, appartenente alla corrente artistica ...
Martini Alberto
Nacque a Oderzo (Treviso) il 24 nov. 1876, da Giorgio, pittore e professore di disegno, e da Maria dei conti Spineda de...
