Yesterday in class, Sam gave her presentation on Chapter 15. She described the Russian movements as follows: Supremism- purely geometric, one of the two radical art movements, done by Russian Maleovich (who did the black square as art). Constructivism- led by Vladimir Tatlin, abstract geometrics, PROUNS was created which showed depth and overlapping. De Stijl: Brought together by Doesburg, horizontal and vertical lines, flat primary colors. This movement died when Doesburg died,... pretty sad. De Stijl artists used sans serif typefaces, which became a popular font for the Soviets. An important man was El Lissitsky, who designed posters regarding politics. He used simple imagery to convey very important and big meanings. One of his famous paintings incorporates a red triangle defeating white space, which signifies their love for communism and their revolution.
Yet again, I am surprised at how the Russians used color. With El Lissitzky's red triangle poster, it shows that by using color, it can tell a story. If I were to make the same painting in today's time, the message might not get across well because people wouldn't understand the red triangle. What is it? What's it supposed to be doing? However, everybody from all ages and classes understood this art because it was so basic, guided by simple rules that everyone could relate to. For them, just a solid color stood as an emotion and as a signifier of their own country.
I want to know what a 'radical art movement' is, and what was the other one (besides supremism)?
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