Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras

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Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras is a dynamic Futurist-inspired painting by Joseph Stella that captures the chaotic energy and dazzling lights of Coney Island’s amusement park.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
artHistoricalSignificance early example of Futurist influence in American art
key work in Joseph Stella’s career
artist Joseph Stella
collectionLocation New Haven, Connecticut
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Joseph Stella
creatorNationality Italian-American
depicts Coney Island
Mardi Gras celebration
amusement park
chaotic movement
crowd energy
crowds
dazzling lights
electric lights
ferris wheels
roller coasters
depictsTimeOfDay night
genre modernist painting
hasPart abstracted architectural structures
overlapping figures
radiating light beams
hasTitle Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras
inception 1913
inCollection Yale University Art Gallery
influencedBy Italian Futurism
urban spectacle
languageOfTitle English
locationOfCreation New York City
mainSubject modern technology
nightlife
urban entertainment
medium oil paint
movement Futurism
partOf American modernism
style Cubist-influenced
Futurist
linked to: Futurism
support canvas
usesTechnique diagonal lines
dynamic composition
fragmented forms
vivid color

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Joseph Stella notableWork Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras
Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras hasTitle Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras
Joseph Stella notableWork Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras
subject linked to: Giuseppe Michele Stella