{"product_id":"aligi-sassu-senza-titolo-18","title":"Aligi Sassu - Untitled","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the nude is the ultimate expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the nude has also played a leading role in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde movements, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e \nThis work is a striking example of Aligi Sassu's artistic production, which, while remaining figurative, adopts anti-naturalistic forms. In this lithograph, too, we can see how the subject is characterized by expressive deformations that accentuate its dynamism and physical effort. In this work, in particular, the artist focuses his research on form and the exaltation of plasticity. The female nude in the foreground is constructed with sinuous, simple lines that, however, construct full, rounded forms with a concrete plasticity. The subject's statuesque volumes, however, do not prevent Sassu from displaying his usual lively and dynamic style. This is, however, particularly evident in the male figure in the background. The latter, in his agitated movement, is expressed by a set of sinewy lines that only enhance his dynamism and muscular strength, a quintessential theme in Aligi Sassu's work. The figures are arranged in a diagonal composition that features in the background another subject dear to the artist and his exaltation of dynamism, the horse, obviously captured in a frenetic and impetuous movement, constructed using a splash of red colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eAligi Sassu, born in Milan in 1912 and died in Pollenca in 2000, was a painter and sculptor. His painting focused primarily on the representation of movement and physical strength, which is why the subject of the horse or man on horseback was always congenial to him. In the late 1970s, he and Bruno Munari drafted the pictorial manifesto \"Dynamism and Muscular Reform,\" which called for a return to anti-naturalistic forms in a dynamic sense. Much of his painting, moreover, is inspired by Delacroix and his battles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dalmonte Fabio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215788814722,"sku":"FDAL001","price":990.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/IMG-20200912-WA0028-rotated.jpg?v=1768429142","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/aligi-sassu-senza-titolo-18","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}