Movement in Art

Movement in ArtMovementTools Techniques Textures/ Colours /LayersSense of motion is createdComposition affects motion and flowGraduation of sizeRepeating of shapes and patternsContrast

Eadweard Muybridge1830-1904English PhotographerBig Influence on filmmakingCreated the Zoopraxiscope- an early device for displaying motion pictures.Imaged projected by the fast spinning Zoopraxiscope disks.

Zoopraxiscope Disks

Zoopraxiscope disks in motion

The Horse in Motion created in 1877.

Some more of his motion pictures

Kitty Meijering

Born in Alkmaar in 1974Graduated from the Amsterdam UniversityFocuses on painting motion in ballet.Brings her paintings to life with the help of colours, shapes and different materials.

Captured

Modest

You Lift My Spirit

Lost In MotionGiacomo Balla1871-1958First wave futurist painterDepicted light, movement and speed in his workPaintings, sculptures, costumesAbstract machine-like formsFigurative work

Running On a Balcony, 1912 oil on Canvas

Dog on a Leash

Warship, Widow and Wind

Speed of a Motorcycle, 1913. Streetlight, 1909

Leonid AfremovBorn in Belarus in 1955Instead of using a brush, using a palette knifeGraduated from Vitebsk Art School

In the Vortex of Passion.On the Other Shore

Windmill Holland

Flamenco

Rodeo

Alan Sailer

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