In 1908 in the works Kupkai observed a short period of fascination with Fauvism.
In 1909, in the work of Kupka appears verticality theme that pervades all the later work. He tries to portray the movement and introduce their work the fourth dimension - time. Inspired chronophotography Etienne-Jules Marais and the experiments of the Futurists, Kupka breaks up the surface of his works in color bands that indicate the passage of time.
Initially, these motifs appear in the substantive work (standing man, the cathedral), but then they become self-deprived of figurative elements.
In his essay "On creativity in the plastic arts," Kupka said: "The vertical lines cut at right angles or diagonally, give the impression of movement up or down. This impression is further enhanced when the surface, they restrict, painted in different colors or tones. Solemn vertical - is the backbone of life in space, the axis of all structures. Horizontal placed at the top of the picture, should not be confused with the horizontal, located in the center or the bottom of it. In each case - is a special way to describe the silence. Horizontal gives us a sense of stillness, calm, the horizon, the broad road that stretches before us. Anyone who wants to chain the attention of the audience, must enter into the picture of the vertical.
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