Anthony Chertudi
Design Hist. &
Theory
Revolutions in Design
Who
-Theo van Doesburg- de stijl founder
-Piet Mondrian- most influential style and psych
“Neo-Plasticism”
-Bart Van der Leck-
-Alexander Apsit- most prominent poster artist of the rev.
years
-Boris Zvorykin- Russian
-Dmitri Moor – Russian
-Kasimir Malevich
-Vladimir Tatlin- Monument to 3rd Int.
-Alexander Rodchenko- Ad-Constructor
-Gustav Klutsis Russian const.
-Stenberg Bros.- film posters
-El Lissitzky-
What
De Stijl- universal language of geometric abstraction as a
salve for Europe’s wounded psyche.
-Supermatism- cubist abstraction to logical extremes’
-Social Realism- heroic imagery -photos
When
1920’s
Where
-Netherlands-Russia-Germany
How
-Letterpress, litho, photomontage, film
Why
- Neo-Plasticism= a rejection from decorative pre war art as
well as contemporary expressionism
-Constructivists “congress”- avant-garde who pursued
geometric abstraction as a means to a utopian end -“congress” to find a link of dada and const.
Social Realism- heroic imagery -photos
POV
-Taking abstraction of
cubism into a new realm of universalism with the hopes of helping Europe’s
wounded psyche
Style
-De Stijl- universal language of geometric abstraction as a
salve for Europe’s wounded psyche.
-Supermatism- cubist abstraction to logical extremes