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Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, bronze sculpture by Umberto Boccioni, 1913; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
In the sculpture Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913), Umberto Boccioni depicts a human figure in motion by rejecting the traditional representation of a solid, static form. Instead, the figure is composed of the multiple planes in space through which it moves, effectively visualizing the dynamic interaction between the body and its environment.1
By breaking the figure into these intersecting planes, Boccioni captures the sense of energy and change that defined the Futurist movement's interest in speed and modern life. This approach allows the sculpture to suggest the trajectory of movement rather than a single, frozen moment in time.12