Massimo Meo ID: September 12, 2012 By: Linda Dalrymple Henderson

4 th Dimension  Time is now considered another dimension, the fourth dimension. Working with the foundational three dimensions, Y, X, & Z coordinates.  Popularity grew through the 1920s  Attributed to “The Theory of Relativity”, put forth by Albert Einstein.  Cubism refers to this forth dimension when two or more perceptions are combined.

Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles 1907

Frantisek Kupka Fugue in Two Colors 1912

Umberto Boccioni The Streets Enter the House 1911

Gino Severini, The Boulevard 1911

Piet Mondrian, Rhythm of Black Lines 1935

Analytical Cubist Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde, 1910

Synthetic Cubism Pablo Picasso, Window Opened to the Street Penthieure, 1920

Italian Futurism Umberto Boccioni, Unique forms of Continuity in Space 1913

Russian Futurism Mikhail Larionov, Dancer in Motion 1913 Natalia Goncharova, Cyclist 1913

Suprematism Kazimir Malevich, Black Square 1915

Other movements include  Constructivism  American Modernists Stieglitz Arensberg  Dadaists  Members of De Stijl

Non-Euclidean Geometry  Not as popular as the 4 th dimension theory.  Metric requirements are not important.  Hyperbolic & Elliptic lines are used.  New creative freedoms  Alternative space.

El Lissitzky, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge!” 1919

Jean Metzinger, Globe and Banjo 1930

Albert Gleizes, Harvest Threshing 1912