Dialectics of Modernity

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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.

Current Location:

Sarfatti Collection, Rome

Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Size:

cm 56 x 76

Artist(s):

Mario Sironi

Creation Start Date :

1922

Theme(s) :

Novecento