We insist that our concept of perspective is the total antitheses of all static perspective. It is dynamic and chaotic in application, producing in t… - Carlo Carrà

" "

We insist that our concept of perspective is the total antitheses of all static perspective. It is dynamic and chaotic in application, producing in the mind of the observer a veritable mass of plastic emotions.

English
Collect this quote

About Carlo Carrà

Carlo Carrà (February 11, 1881 – April 13, 1966) was a leading artist in Italian Futurism. In addition to his many paintings, he wrote a number of articles concerning art and Futurism.

Also Known As

Pen Names: carlo, carrà
Alternative Names: Carlo Dalmazzo Carrà Carlo D. Carra C. Carrà Carlo Dalmazza Carrà Karlo Karra Carlo Carra Carlo Carrá C. Dalmazza Carlo Dalmal Carrà Carlo Dalmazzo Carra C. Carra Carlo Dalmazza Carra Carlo Dalmal Carra Carlo D. Carrà

Share this quote as an image

Customize card

Try QuoteGPT

Chat naturally about what you need. Each answer links back to real quotes with citations.

Related quotes. More quotes will automatically load as you scroll down, or you can use the load more buttons.

Additional quotes by Carlo Carrà

The idea for this picture came to me one winter's night as I was leaving La Scala. In the foreground there is a snow sweeper with a few couples, men in top hats and elegant ladies. I think that this canvas, which is totally unknown in Italy, is one of the paintings where I best represented the concept that I had the time about my art.

Boccioni, Russolo and I all met in the Porta Vittoria café [in Milan, Italy], close to where we all lived, and we enthusiastically outlined a draft of our appeal [the Manifesto of Futurist Painters, late February, 1910]. The final version was somewhat laborious; we worked on it all day, all three of us and finished it that evening with Marinetti and the help of Decio Cinti, the group's secretary.

..that dizzy seething of forms and acoustic lights, rowdy and smelly [visible in the paintings at the Futurist exhibition, February 1912 in Paris].. ..to obtain this total painting which calls for the active cooperation of all the senses: painting of the plastic mood of the universal, you have to paint the way drunkards sing and vomit, sounds, noises and smells.

Loading...