Umberto Boccioni Quote

The characteristic motion peculiar to the object (absolute motion), with the transformations the object undergoes in its shifting in relation to the environment, mobile or immobile (relative motion; both motions should be conceived in art)


Boccioni's quote on motion; as quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 328. - 'Pittura e scultura futuriste' Milan, 1914


The characteristic motion peculiar to the object (absolute motion), with the transformations the object undergoes in its shifting in relation to the...

The characteristic motion peculiar to the object (absolute motion), with the transformations the object undergoes in its shifting in relation to the...

The characteristic motion peculiar to the object (absolute motion), with the transformations the object undergoes in its shifting in relation to the...

The characteristic motion peculiar to the object (absolute motion), with the transformations the object undergoes in its shifting in relation to the...