User:KRSciller/Giacomo Balla

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Balla's 1909 painting The Street Light typifies his exploration of light, atmosphere, and motion. In order to convey the brightness and energy emanating from the lamp, Balla used clear, strong brushstrokes in a repeating V-pattern. Furthermore used is the  technique of using intense colors, which go from the white and yellow in the lamp's center to the chilly tones farther out from the bulb.

Balla's most famous works, such as his 1912 Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash, aim to express movement – and thus the passage of time – through the medium of painting. His approach of portraying motion is demonstrated in this work by concurrently displaying various aspects of a moving object. Balla accurately captures the motion of a dog straining to keep up with its owner by painting numerous legs, tails, and leashes. Cubism inspired this fascination with preserving a single instant in an assortment of planes. The approach also pays homage to chronophotography, which was an early method of taking pictures of many stages of movement.