The City Rises (Boccioni)
- The City Rises (Boccioni)
"The City Rises" ("La città che sale") (1910) is an important painting by the italian painter Umberto Boccioni.
In 1912 the picture was bought by the musician Ferruccio Busoni during the travelling futurist art exposition in Europe. It is now exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The original title of the painting was "Il lavoro" ("Work"), as it appeared at the "Mostra d'arte libera" (Exhibition of free art) in Milan in 1911. Though realistic elements are present, such as the building, and the space is still rendered through perspective, this painting is considered the first really futurist work by Umberto Boccioni, even though it is not markedly different from his previous works, all centered on suburbs. In this painting the naturalistic vision of the previous works is partly abandoned, replaced by a more dynamic vision.
Buildings in construction in a suburb can be seen with chimneys in the upper part, but the most of the space is occupied by men and horses, melted together in a dynamic effort. Boccioni thus emphasizes some among the most typical elements of futurism, the exaltation of human work and the importance of the modern town, built around modern necessities.The painting portrays the construction of a new city, with developments and technology.
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