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Alcune considerazioni a margine del prefisso cubo- nel nome del cubo-futurismo russo
Some Reflections on the Prefix Cubo- in Russian Cubo-Futurism
Böhmig, Michaela
2024
Abstract
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the name “Cubo-Futurism” as applied to the most important Russian Futurist mouvement is derived not only from French Cubism, but also – and perhaps foremost – from conjectures about the Fourth Dimension. Mathematicians such as Ch. H. Hinton, since the end of the 19th century, had tried to illustrate their concept of four-dimensional space using coloured cubes. The cube was then given a central position in theories about painting and in the works of Cubo-Futurist artists. The cube also has a significant place in some poems of the second decade of the 20th century.
In questo contributo si esamina la de rivazione del prefisso “cubo-” nel nome della corrente principale del futurismo russo, proponendo l’ipotesi che le fonti di ispirazione siano state non solo il cubismo francese, ma anche – e forse soprattutto – le congetture intorno alla quarta dimensione di studiosi come il matematico britannico Ch. H. Hinton che, dalla fine del XIX secolo, hanno cercato di rendere plasticamente rappresentabili le loro visioni relative a spazi superiori, servendosi di illu strazioni con cubi colorati. Il cubo ha poi assunto una posizione centrale non solo nelle teorie e nella pratica pittorica sviluppatesi nel solco del cu bo-futurismo, ma ha trovato un posto di rilievo anche in diversi componi menti poetici dell’epoca.
The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the name “Cubo-Futurism” as applied to the most important Russian Futurist mouvement is derived not only from French Cubism, but also – and perhaps foremost – from conjectures about the Fourth Dimension. Mathematicians such as Ch. H. Hinton, since the end of the 19th century, had tried to illustrate their concept of four-dimensional space using coloured cubes. The cube was then given a central position in theories about painting and in the works of Cubo-Futurist artists. The cube also has a significant place in some poems of the second decade of the 20th century.
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Michaela Böhmig, "Alcune considerazioni a margine del prefisso cubo- nel nome del cubo-futurismo russo" in: "Slavica Tergestina 32 (2024/I)", EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste, Trieste, 2024, pp. 54-83
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