Arturo Martini

Arturo Martini
Horse, 1926 ca. (Fondazione Cariplo)

Arturo Martini (1889-1947) was a leading Italian sculptor between World War I and II. He moved between a very vigorous (almost ancient Roman) classicism and modernism. He was associated with public sculpture in fascist Italy, but later renounced his medium altogether.

Contents

Futurism

Martini seems to have been an active supporter of the Futurist movement between 1914 and 1918. He certainly corresponded with Umberto Boccioni and produced a modernist booklet in 1918.[1] His early works show an archaically tendency, two-dimensionality and polychrome effects[2]

In Fascist Italy

His later works returned to a more traditional style, but with "irony, agility and an eclectic capacity to combine or reinterpret sources".[2] Between the wars, he became the semi-official sculptor of the fascist regime. He was literally overwhelmed by commitments: great monuments and commemorative works for courthouses, churches and universities. Examples include the great bronze at La Sapienza University in Rome and the memorial to the aviator Tito Minniti.

Post-war

After the fall of Mussolini, feeling that his art had been corrupted, he published an essay against sculpture in the magazine La Martini in 1945: "scultura, lingua morta" (sculpture, a dead language). He writes for example: "La scultura un'arte è da negri e senza pace" (sculpture is a black and unquiet art).

Despite this attack on his own métier, he created one significant work after the war, a marble sculpture in a tribute to the guerrilla leader Primo Visentin, known as "Masaccio", who had been killed at the end of the war in Loria (Padua) in unexplained circumstances.

Martini is as important Italian sculptor in the period between the world wars. He worked with many materials (clay, wood, plaster, stone, especially marble, bronze, silver) but never moved far from figuration, although he was able to model abstract forms, as his atmosfera di una testa (vibrations of a head) of 1944 testifies. He exercised great influence on later Italian sculptors such as Marino Marini, Emilio Creco, Marcello Mascherini and Pericle Fazzini.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Günter Berghaus, International futurism in arts and literature, Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p.475.
  2. ^ a b Gloria Fossi, Marco Bussagli, Italian Art, Giunti Editore, 2004, p.556.

Other projects

Media related to Arturo Martini at Wikimedia Commons

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Arturo Martini — (* 11. August 1889 in Treviso; † 22. März 1947 in Mailand) war ein italienischer Bildhauer. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Werke (Auswahl) 3 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Arturo Martini — Giuditta e Oloferne (1932 1933), KMM, Pays bas Arturo Martini (Trévise, 1889 – Milan, 1947) est un sculpteur italien qui a travaillé le bois, la pierre et le bronze. Sommaire …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Martini — ist der Genitiv des lateinischen Martinus und bedeutet wörtlich ‚des dem Mars zugehörigen‘. Martini steht für: Martini (Cocktail), klassischer Cocktail aus Gin oder Wodka und Wermut Wermut der Firma Martini Rossi ein religiöses Fest auf Martin… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Martini — Martini, Arturo Martini, Giambattista Martini, Simone …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Arturo Toscanini — en 1908 Naissance 25 mars 1867 Parme …   Wikipédia en Français

  • martini — [ martini ] n. m. • v. 1930; marque déposée 1 ♦ Vermouth produit par la firme Martini et Rossi. Du martini blanc, rouge. Des martinis. 2 ♦ Anglic. Aux États Unis, Cocktail de gin et de martini blanc sec. ⇒ dry (2o). ● martini nom masculin… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Arturo Toscanini — Toscanini redirects here. For other uses, see Toscanini (disambiguation). Toscanini in 1908. Arturo Toscanini (Italian pronunciation: [arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni]; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. One of the most… …   Wikipedia

  • Martini — Mar|ti|ni 〈ohne Artikel〉 = Martinstag ● an, zu Martini * * * Mar|ti|ni, das; <meist ohne Art.>: Martinstag. * * * I Martini,   Mạrtinstag, als Abschluss des bäuerlichen Wirtschaftsjahrs früher wichtiger Brauch , Rechts und… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Martini, Arturo — ▪ Italian sculptor born August 11, 1889, Treviso, Italy died March 22, 1947, Milan       Italian sculptor who was active between the World Wars. He is known for figurative sculptures executed in a wide variety of styles and materials.… …   Universalium

  • Martini, Arturo — ► (1889 1947) Escultor italiano, de un estilo personal, moderno y ligado a la tradición: La mujer que nada bajo el agua …   Enciclopedia Universal

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”