Pittura metafisica
The Pittura metafisica (metaphysical painting) is an Italian flow of the painting , which lasted approximately from 1910 developed and until the mid-1920s. The name comes from metaphysics , which means the doctrine of the reasons and connections of beings. In 1917, Giorgio de Chirico , his brother Alberto Savinio and the futurist Carlo Carrà founded the Scuola metafisica in Ferrara .
Characteristic
A characteristic of the Pittura metafisica can be that the supersensible, that can only be known in acts of thought and the spiritual, the transcendent, is elevated to a pictorial system. The image content sequences are often beyond what can be sensually experienced and a second mysterious reality is hidden behind the visible things.
presentation
The painting of the Pittura metafisica is presented in the form of almost stage-like, mostly deserted places. Changed proportions , unrealistic coloring and the incorrect rendering of light and shadow, as well as the use of several vanishing points characterize this genre. Due to the lack of aerial perspective, numerous paintings appear as if in a vacuum. In terms of content, a connection to the contradictory is established through the revaluation of the existing values, which has been shown many times.
Representative
Three well-known representatives of the Pittura metafisica were:
- Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978)
- Carlo Carrà (1881–1966)
- Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964)