Artefacts

Paesaggio urbano

Artefact Type:

painting

Description:
One of the series of 'urban landscapes' Sironi painted in the 1920s, representing the city as a site of contradictions: the symbol of modernity and of disruptive energies, but also a lonely and dark environment, which exacerbates human feelings of solitude and bewilderment.

Size:
cm 56 x 76
Creation Start Date:
1922
Artist:
> Mario Sironi
Current Location:
> Sarfatti Collection
Current Location:
> Rome
Technique:
> Oil on canvas

Tags: Modern art Classical tradition New Man Subjectivity Volumetry Private sphere Individuality Statalization

Themes:

Novecento