The Constructivism Movement: El Lissitzy

The two typefaces I used on my poster are Brush Script, and Poplar. I originally began with Poplar, because it reminded me a lot of what I envisioned with my original sketch. I wanted something big and bold, but at the same time a little bit vintage looking. I decided to add Brush Script in my poster later on because I thought if everything was in one typeface, especially, Poplar it might appear to be distracting.

With reference to the materials in Block 1 – and using your own words – compare and contrast:

Constructivism is reflecting on the experiences we have had in order to create our own understanding of the environment me live in. For instance, lets say I had and old sewing machine that I used all the time but now broke. I visit a sewing machine shop in order to buy a new one. The only machines available are newer models of the machine I owned, with different buttons and features. My previous experience with my machine will guide me into using the new machine. By simply learning a few extra steps, I would now be able to use the new model thanks to by previous experience, this is considered constructivism.

The principles used in this design include figure/ground relationship, asymmetrical contrast and repetition. Out of all these principles, contrast and repetition stands out most. In this work, there is contrast and repetition in colors. Color changed as it has moved one triangle to another. In addition, rhythm and repetition played important part in this design because the geometric shapes repeated more than once. Furthermore, there is also contrast in the size of the type and triangles. For instance, the title "The 2010 Shepley Bulfinch Summer Design Fellowship MMX" used bigger in size than other text. In this work, the figure/ground is well-balanced as well as positive and negative space. These triangles in primary colors and secondary colors are considered as figure and the white part in each rectangle considered as ground. The primary focal points are the triangle in red, blue and yellow. Then the secondary focal point is the triangle that colored in purple and light orange. At last, the tertiary focal point is the texts and the white background of the poster.

Cubism, a short lived, though massively influential visual art movement began in the early 20th century created by Pablo Picasso and Geroges Barque in Paris. The term “cubism” was coined around by its styled and various viewpoints in its one chaotic composition that withheld simplistic geometric shapes and interlocking planes. The main purpose of cubistic art was to generically simplify nature and its representation in emphasis of the two dimensionality by reducing and fracturing objects into geometric forms and then realign these within shallow space. However, the Cubist painters rejected the inherited concept that art should replicate nature, or adopt traditional techniques of perspective, modeling, and even foreshortening. There is no doubt that the cubism movement held numerous artist alike Cezanne, Chagall, Klee and more; however, Rivera found unique sense into Cubism that provoked contextual messages through murals and canvases while powdering uniqueness within his work in a different place.

Imagery uses color as well that is eye catching to anybody. For instance, in a poster with a large British solider, this shows that they are powerful and should be looked up to. Below the solider are hardworking citizens which do work and this helps aid to the solider to grow. Additionally, there is another poster that states "Woman of Britain" and has a picture of a factory worker standing right under war planes. It is stating that they have the power to aid with the war by working. Overall, imagery is a necessary part of posters and propaganda to persuade an audience.

Constructivism is an early 20th-century movement in Russia. Movements in objects are combined into basic forms. It has influenced many pieces of modern architecture and design.

I think that the constructivist and liberal point of view have similar views about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The realist would go against both of the points and say that the military was the only way that we could have solved this problem. But I think that if actors played a role and we used more institutions it would have had a better outcome for the war. This is simply because liberals are liberals can see interests as both objective and subjective. Social constructivists are people who think interest exist, but they are never simply objective.

Art Deco emerged after the 1st World War. The movement is prevalent from the 1920s until the start of World War II, it took its name from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, based in France and is characterized by its industrial lines and geometric shapes. It also used modern materials like chrome, stainless steel, and wood. If Art Deco used natural materials, they tended to be graphic or textured. Art Deco featured bold

Constructivism was the last and most influential modern art movement to flourish in Russia in the 20th century. It evolved just as the Bolsheviks came to power in the October Revolution of 1917, and initially it acted as a lightning rod for the hopes and ideas of many of the most advanced Russian artists who supported the revolution's goals. It borrowed ideas from Cubism, Suprematism and Futurism, but at its heart was an entirely new approach to making objects, one which sought to abolish the traditional artistic concern with composition, and replace it with 'construction.' Constructivism called for a careful technical analysis of modern materials, and it was hoped that this investigation would eventually yield ideas that could be put to use in mass production, serving the ends of a modern, Communist society.

Examining, reflecting and commenting on the nature of reality was key to the modernist movement. Modernist authors, poets, painters – artists of all kinds – were very concerned with notions and conceptions of reality, often exploring shifts and changes in reality in their works. The modernist period was characterised by shifting realities in other ways as well – as the concept was explored across a variety of art forms, many cultural and structural shifts were occurring within society. “Making it new” was the primary goal of the modernists – rejection of convention, whether it be the disintegration of belief in traditional political and religious power structures or the introduction of experimental, new literary devices and techniques, these

Constructivism, on the other hand, was deeply rooted in industrial design. It was call to artist to stop producing useless things and create for industry and socio-political causations.

Constructivism arose in Russia in 1914 where Lenin and Marx’s communist state supported and advertised the artistic movement with the philosophy that it was the rebirth of the art world. Constructivists held the communist belief that there should be no distinction between roles: artist, architect and engineer were all to be the same. This ‘worker’ character removed superiority within the artistic or mathematical elements and allowed flow from one area to another, creating links between art and architecture which had not previously existed. However, as the period progressed, Lenin’s ideas about the role of technology in society led to the functionality of artwork becoming more prominent, thereby creating a shift towards architecture as a practical muse.

In international relations, constructivism is regarded to be the starting point of the institutionalization of values that leads to the development of collaborative behaviors within the international community. Constructivism is based on the following core principles:

Constructivism is the theory that humans construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences. This idea that people learn from experience and not just from hearing lectures was revolutionary and gave birth to the experimental learning approach that is more powerful than lectures and worksheets. By directing their own learning processes, students understand concepts better. In essence constructivism is the theory of how we learn.