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Alberto Burri — Sacchi
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Pressure as Surface
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Structural Atmospheres
Atlas Index:
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Origin:
Rome
Era:
1950s–1960s
Themes / Lineage:
material rupture • boundary stress
Field Notes:
material stress • rupture • texture
Quiet Modernism appears here as surface shaped by sustained pressure.

Pressure as Surface

Alberto Burri — Sacchi

Force spreads across the plane.

Density increases.

Surface holds tension.

How does force spread?
Pressure is often expected to erupt, yet it distributes evenly. Density increases without rupture. What continues is tension sustained across the plane.

Pressure is often expected to erupt, yet it distributes evenly.

Density increases without rupture.

What continues is tension sustained across the plane.

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