Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Richard Miles - Revolutionary design in Russia notes


Revolutionary Design




  • Revolution = New opportunity for art to progress
  • Constructivists desire to make art useful
  • Aim that art should help 'construct' new society
  • Use of new techniques and abstract aesthetic 
  • By the end of 1920s artistic freedom
  • 1934 Stalin decrees 'Socialist Realism' only

Notes on slide show image sheet -






Key points

  • Russian Revolution led by lenin 1917
  • 1971-1921 russian civil war
  • 1917- mid 1920s intense artistic experimentation.
  • The russian constructivists - leading avant - garde Artistic group 
  • 1921 Lenins new Economic Policy = Consumer goods needed Stepanvoa & Popova First state textile Factory, Moscow 1925 Paris Exposition Des arts decoratifs.

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