History of Graphic Design

Lecture 15, test 3 Suprematism, Constructivism, and De Stijl

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Suprematism

Kazimir Malevich Russian painter, and art theorist

Black Square (Malevich, 1913), State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

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Suprematism

Kazimir Malevich Art is the expression of feeling, seeking no practical values, no ideas, no promised land.

Black Square (Malevich, 1913), State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

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impractical

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Malevich and Kandinsky

art is a spiritual activity apart from utilitarian needs on the other hand...
Kandinsky -- Composition VIII

Vladimir Tatlin and Alexander Rodchenko

rejected art for arts sake sought practical application

Tatlins Tower

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Constructivism

19191934 Russia

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

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Constructivism

Beat the Whites with

the Red Wedge

by El Lissitzky, 1919

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Constructivism

Beat the Whites with

the Red Wedge

by El Lissitzky, 1919 Whites Kerenskys forces the Bolsheviks

Red Wedge -

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Philosophy:

Rejected art for arts sake Design can help to achieve political purposes

El Lissitzky, exhibition poster

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Inuences:

Communism Russian Futurism De Stijl

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Constructivism

Characteristics:

grid alignment

Karel Teige, cover art

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Constructivism

Characteristics:

grid alignment sans or slab serif type

Magazine covers, by Rodchenko

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Constructivism

Characteristics:

grid alignment sans serif type bars and rules

El Lissitzky, The isms of Art

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Constructivism

Characteristics:

grid alignment sans serif type bars and rules reverse type

Everyone must vote in the Elexction of Soviets Gustav Klutsis

El Lissitzky, The isms of Art, cover

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El Lissitzky

Russian a major player in Constructivism philosophy: Design can be an agent of change

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El Lissitzky

Russian a major player in Constructivism philosophy: Design can be an agent of change inuenced the Bauhaus, and De Stijl movements believed photo-mechanical tech. would replace type-setting

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De Stijl

19171931 De Stijl (the style) Netherlands

aka Holland Dutch refers to the people and the language

Piet Mondrian

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De Stijl

Famous Dutch designers:

Piet Mondrian, painter

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De Stijl

Famous Dutch designers:

Piet Mondrian, painter Gerrit Rietveld, furniture designer

early Piet Mondrian painting View from the Dunes with Beach and Piers, Domburg 1909

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De Stijl

Theo van Doesburg

writer, painter, critic published De Stijl, a magazine that promoted De Stijl principles

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De Stijl

Inuences:

Cubism Constructivism

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De Stijl

Characteristics:

Planes of primary color

Theo Van Doesburg, Composition VII

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De Stijl

Characteristics:

Planes of primary color squared terminals on type

P22 De Stijl

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De Stijl

Characteristics:

Planes of primary color squared terminals on type abstracted forms

Red and Blue Chair Gerrit Rietveld

Rietveld Schrder House

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