Movement in Visual Art and Sculpture

This futurist sculpture shows us movement through the act of action and recovery. The left side in mid action and the next two are depicting the process of landing on the ground. Each bend of the joints and angle of the limbs show us how this man has landed from his leap…though I’m sure it was quite painful for him to land on his knee like that



This sculpture evokes the feel of movement because it looks like a freeze frame from a dance. The bodies half in mid air and half on the ground. Also, to craned necks and very extended limbs and fingers give the impression of movement because they are almost reaching for something. The arch of the back also appears as though they are mid move since no one could be still in the position with the effects of weight and gravity


The motion is shown through the contrast of the stillness of the background and the blurred images of the cars and the street. Somewhat of a futurist look on motion, since with speed, before our eyes things are nothing but a blur.

Painting by Robert Minor. I find that the movement in this painting is expressed by not only the action of the stabbing, but the reaction as well. The dying man is reeling back and you can really sense his weight of falling by the angle of his legs and the impression that his arm is dropping. The man stabbing is in a lunge pose but his arm is also slightly blurred, giving the impression that this painting is depicting the actual moment of the stabbing to us.