Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1882–1916 · Italian

Umberto Boccioni

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (37%), gray (16%) and blue (14%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: purplish violet, violet, sienna, dark crimson sienna and light reddish tan.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 172 oatmeal 5.7% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 5.0% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 4.2% of canvas
• MG 095 muted azure blue 3.6% of canvas
• MG 208 pigeon grey 3.5% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 3.2% of canvas
• MG 019 scarlet red 3.1% of canvas
• MG 037 light amber gold 3.1% of canvas
• MG 096 muted azure blue 2.9% of canvas
• MG 144 dark crimson sienna 2.9% of canvas
• MG 214 pewter 2.7% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 2.7% of canvas
• MG 151 light reddish tan 2.6% of canvas
• MG 163 pale tan 2.5% of canvas
• MG 164 light tan 2.5% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 2.4% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.59

Contrast

0.48

Vividness

0.056

Warmth

+0.58

Complexity

244 cells

Hue range

0.67

Focus

0.04

Composition

Averaged over 3 works: 51% of the visual weight in the right half, 51% in the lower half; symmetry 0.68; 2% calm space; half of the detail in 38% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• The City Rises, 1910
• The Street Enters the House, 1911
• Dynamism of a Cyclist, 1913