Title of Artwork: “The Song of Love”
Artwork by Giorgio de Chirico
Year Created 1914
Summary of The Song of Love
Giorgio de Chirico’s 1914 painting The Song of Love, also known as Le chant d’amour or Love Song, is a metaphysical work. One of de Chirico’s best-known works, it is also an early example of the surrealist style, even though it was painted ten years before André Breton “founded” the movement.
All About The Song of Love
As with many of the artist’s earlier works, this one features an outdoor architectural setting. An ancient Greek statuette of Zeus and an operating glove are the main attractions this time around, which are both mounted on one small wall. There is a green ball positioned below the white one. The outline of a locomotive can be seen on the horizon, which is a recurring motif in de Chirico’s work during this period.
Carlo Carrà, a former Futurist, and Giorgio De Chirico founded the Metaphysical Art Movement. The city squares of Italy would be strangely devoid of people in these paintings. It is common for these city squares to feature a grouping of objects that create an interesting contrast. De Chirico created a dreamlike reality that was beyond the physical world with the help of these driving elements in his paintings. André Breton and the Surrealists drew inspiration from aspects of The Song of Love, such as the strange arrangement of objects in the work. After only six months of collaboration between De Chirico and Carrà, the movement that became known as Metaphysical Art encompasses all of De Chirico’s work produced after that date.
This painting by De Chirico features a bust of a classical sculpture, a rubber ball, and a rubber glove arranged on a canvas in the middle of some buildings with a passing train. To some, the bust may represent De Chirico’s adoration of classical art and the passing of a bygone era. It’s a rubber glove that symbolises human absence in De Chirico’s work. The buildings create a scene reminiscent of De Chirico’s earlier cityscapes.
Information Citations
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