Art Term

Pittura Metafisica

Early twentieth century Italian art movement typified by dream-like views of eerie arcaded squares with unexpected juxtapositions of objects (English translation of Pittura Metafisica is Metaphysical Art)

Giorgio de Chirico
The Melancholy of Departure (1916)
Tate

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