Today we didn't talk about too much, starting of with
Photo montage becomes very popular
photography is a tool of the modern age
development of montage in cinema
Sergei Eisenstein- use of montage in the Battleship Potemkin
shows intense violence without gore, it implies the violence without showing it flat out
critical point in cinema history in which many modern day examples pay homage
The Untouchables- modern day example of similar montage to the Battleship Potemkin
Alexander Rodchenko- born 1891
Pure Red color, Pure Yellow color, Pure Blue color- oil on canvas
He makes the statement of reducing painting to its logical conclusion
1923- Works for magazine Left Front of the Arts
De Stijl- The Style
Movement developed in the Nederlands
It is a utopian approach to aesthetics
Art should be useful, have purpose
Concerned with what makes good art??
Experiments with structures, it is an intellectual pursuit
Rectilinear planes, void of surface texture and decoration except for pure primary hues plus black and white, no trees or happy cows
Looking for universal harmony in art
The idea of De Stijl is applied to architecture, sculpture, graphic design, etc.
Theo Van Doesburg- Founder, leader, and publisher of De Stijl
Piet Mondrian- most well known De Stijl artist
De Stijl evolves- the beginning of exploration in using asymmetrical composition (which is pivotal in modernist design)
Theo Van Doesburg prints Dadaist poems- He believed dadaism was necessary to destroy the existing system in order for De Stijl to come into place and make its name
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