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Paris Street; Rainy Day
Artist / Origin: Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)
Region: Europe
Date: 1877
Period: 1800 CE – 1900 CE
Material: Oil on canvas
Medium: Painting
Dimensions: H: 83 ½ in. (212.2 cm.), W: 108 ¾ in. (276.2 cm.)
Location: Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Credit: Courtesy of Art Resource/Photo by Erich Lessing
The City Rises
Artist / Origin: Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916)
Region: Europe
Date: 1910
Period: 1900 CE – 2010 CE
Material: Oil on canvas
Medium: Painting
Dimensions: H: 78.5 in. (199 cm.), W: 118.5 in. (301 cm.)
Location: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Credit: © The Museum of Modern Art, Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY
In ancient Mesopotamia, the rise of the city inspired innovation. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, urban innovation inspired art. Both Caillebotte and Boccioni took the modernization of the city as their subject. However, their different approaches to that subject reveal not only distinct aesthetic goals, but also different underlying preoccupations.