Avant Garde-I think

avant garde

cubofuturism- Cubism and futurism.

futurism-exploring time

suprematism -Malevich-black square, form and shape. rejects function
El Lissitzky-was influential at Bauhaus, proun(s) acronym-experiments, explorations into space with painting
Enough with the pictures already.

Kandinsky- abstract, teaches at Bauhaus

constructivism-Rodchenko
function, geometrical
art that does not serve purpose is meaningless
grid system
photo montage-two completely different takes and putting it together, cutting film

every canvas is analogous to music
Design is problem solving.

De Stijl-rectallinear structures
netherlands
looking for utopian approach to art
suprematism and constructivism, unite!
Piet Mondrian-the main man
diagonal lines broke up a friendship
negative space is vital

Bauhaus (school)
1919-1933
14years
33 faculty
1250 students
1919-1925 Weimar-kicked out by government
    1923 first public exhibition
    1924 letter of resignation from faculty
1925-1932 Dessau-industrial city, Nazis suck
    1928 Walter Groupius replaced by Hans Meyer
    1930 Meyer replaced by Van Der Rohe
1932-1933 Berlin
Utopian desire to create a new spritual society
Unity of Artists and Craftsmen to build for the future.
Ideas from all of the Advanced Art and Design Movements were explored and applied to functional design
Paul Klee- painter, Moholy Nagy-constructivist, Johannas Itten-develops the foundation program, Herbert Bayer, Kandinsky, Mies van der Rohe, Walter Groupus-director and first head of Bauhaus, Oscar Schlemmer, Joseph Albers-color theory


Thoughts
So many squares. I think that the Russians need a safer way to carry their babies.

Q's
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