Pittura Metafisica

Pittura Metafisica (metaphysical painting) was an Italian art movement founded in 1917 by Carlo Carrà and Giorgio de Chirico in Ferrara.

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1917 - Carlo Carrà - Giorgio de Chirico - Ferrara

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They aimed to depict an alternative reality which engaged most immediately with the unconscious mind. In this style of painting, an illogical reality seemed credible. Using a sort of alternative logic, Carrà and de Chirico juxtaposed various ordinary subjects - typically including starkly rendered buildings, trains, and mannequins.

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"Mystery" is the most familiar word of de Chirico. He wrote the following: "there is much more mystery in the shadow of a man walking on a sunny day, than in all religions of the world".

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There were other artists associated with the movement including Giorgio Morandi, Mario Sironi, and Filippo de Pisis.

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Giorgio Morandi - Mario Sironi - Filippo de Pisis

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Their alliance lasted less than a year and in 1919 all members of this group went into copying the paintings by old masters. Pittura Metafisica provided significant impetus for the development of Dada and Surrealism.

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Old master - Dada - Surrealism

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Their main slogan was following: the essence of things can be conceived not by reason but only using intuition.

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