Artefacts

La quadriga

Artefact Type:

sculpture

Description:
Synthetic and dynamic Futurist representation of a quadriga, which earned Ram the first prize in the contest held by the 1932 Venice Biennial to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the March on Rome, with the theme 'the Victory of Fascism'.

Size:
cm 70 x 130 x 41
Creation Start Date:
1929
Artist:
> Ruggero Alfredo Michahelles (known as 'RAM')
Current Location:
> Fondazione Centro Matteucci per l'Arte Moderna
Current Location:
> Viareggio
Material:
> Aluminium

Tags: Classical tradition New Man Avant-gardism Modernist aesthetics Rhythm Volumetry Internationalization Mass culture Mechanical reproduction Historicity Dialectics

Themes:

Second Futurism