The Street Enters the House

Today, we will show you a Futurist classic.  :)

The central figure in The Street Enters the House is a woman dressed in blue and white, viewed from behind and above. She gazes over her balcony at a bustling street scene filled with a riot of colors, lines, and angles. Below, workers lift poles to construct the walls of a new building, surrounded by piles of bricks. White and blue houses lean into the street on all sides of this construction. Two balconies are occupied by other figures peering down into the road, and a line of horses gallops past the foreground.

The identity of the woman is debated. Some scholars believe she is an entirely imagined character, while others suggest she may be based on one of Boccioni's family members, given his history of using them as models. This has led to the conclusion that the figure could be Boccioni's mother, providing evidence of his evolving view of women and mothers in particular.

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