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| “the City Raise”(1909) by Umberto Boccioni |
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| Dynamism of a dog on a Leash (1912) Giacomo Balla |
1. What and when was the Industrial Revolution?
The industrial revolution first appeared in England, then Europe, and United States. It started in 1760 and ended in 1850, this period have been focus on innovation, the changes occurred in agriculture, economics, transportation. This revolution has improved machine and changed people lives and their method of manufacture.
2. Research both Modernist paintings in order to comment on the subject matter, form and style used to celebrate the machine and motion in each painting. Answer the question in 2 parts for each painting.
2. Research both Modernist paintings in order to comment on the subject matter, form and style used to celebrate the machine and motion in each painting. Answer the question in 2 parts for each painting.
The first painting by Umberto Boccioni named “the City Raise”(1909) actually really “attack” the viewer, what I mean by that is that there are lots of things painted in it. The sensation of speed is clearly presented, the shapes of the men and the horses are diagonal, that increase this sensation. But this painting actually represent the futurism, in fact the horses represent speed trains (some of them are spiting fire, others are running) and an utopian dream for transportation.
The painting Dynamism of a dog on a Leash (1912) Giacomo Balla also clearly shows a speed movement, in fact it shows on both the dog and the woman who leash it by blurring the legs. I think the movement was the main thing the painter wanted us to see because of the woman and the dog are not really detailed.
3. Research Cao Fei's RMB City (2007-9) in order to comment on this work in more depth.
i.e what images has she used in her digital collage that refer to China's present and history, and why has she used these.
Cao Fei’s RMB City (2007-9) “reflects chana’s recent urban and cultural explosion”, Cao Fei’s utopia is composed of all the Chinese icons from the Chinese flag to the panda. We can see in her work the history of china by using symbols, sculpture, architecture, etc... For example in the short sequence of her work “RMB City-a secondlife city planning”, it shows the Benjin National Stadium for the 2008 summer Olympics or even the missiles which represent china’s communism period.
4. RMB City is described as a utopia/dystopia. Comment on what these terms mean, and how they can be applied to the work.
Utopia (a term from the philosopher Thomas More) is a term used to represent a perfect world in social, political and moral aspect, the big issue for the humanity. Each person has their own idea of what is his\her utopia. Dystopia is just the opposite of utopia. Her work treats references that for her represent utopia.
5. Although the Modernist paintings and the contemporary digital work have emerged from
different contexts, there are also many similarities. Comment on the similarities that you can see in the work. Look at the moving digital image at vimeo.com/4272260, if you have not
already researched it.
I think the most relevant things in those work is that both the painting and the video have the idea of industrial revolution, they also have similarities in term of innovations, both have futurism imagination, in 1909 Umberto Boccioni though the future world will be train, electricity, energy, we have been through this and Cao Fei’s work also represent a futurism world but not in the same period. I also found out that a sensation of movement is felt in both work.
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RépondreSupprimerI like how you identified the similarities in the use of movement in each of the pictures and how it engages the audience, giving a sensation of life. I also like how you made the connection between how “the City Rises”(1909) to Cao Fei’s RMB City (2007-9) are the same subject however they represent different time periods. They both were used to describe and represent china and have done so effectively.
RépondreSupprimerI really liked when you were describing utopia you said: "Each person has their own idea of what is his\her utopia." I think what could be a utopia for one person, may be dystopian for someone else, so it seems that everyone has an idea of the world they want to live in and a world they don't want to live in. In relations to industrialisation, one may criticise it's damage to nature while someone else may think it is the key to advancing society. I think the same basic rule of interpretation applies to most art; how art can be interpreted differently from one person to another.
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