I was really curious to see it since it’s the famous sculpture by Umberto Boccioni represented on the italian 20 cents Euro coins, whose bronze reproduction is now exposed at Palazzo Reale in Milan in an exhibition well organized by Laura Mattioli Rossi focused on the sculptural work of the futurist artist.
I managed to see all the pieces represented on the italian Euro coins, most of them during the Vespatour this summer: Castel del Monte near Bari on the 1 cent coins, the Mole Antonelliana in Torino on the 2 cents, the Colosseum on the 5 cents, the Birth of Venus in Firenze on the 10 cents, the Marcus Aurelius’s equestrian statue in Roma on the 50 cents, while I found the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo and Dante more than once during the section in Tuscany of the Vespatour.
We have lots of beautiful art pieces in Italy and now I can say they made the best choices for our coins.
The sculpture by Boccioni is really fascinating, starting from its name. It expresses a dynamism and a fusion between the human body and the surrounding air unique to say the least!
Even the comment by the curator I listened through the audioguide was great, but if there had been i-muse™…