Russian avant-garde

“I love creation more than life, and I must express myself before disappearing.” Sonia Delaunay certainly lived up to her own expectation, creating an immense impact on the artistic world as an avant-garde member of the Modernist movement. From a young age, she displayed talent in the painting medium, eventually shifting her focus to fashion. While her creations were sometimes not considered art, Sonia Delaunay proved the world otherwise through her unusual yet beautiful work. Eventually, she became

What would life be without art? What if not a single piece of art work had been made; the leaders of the art world were nonexistent. Abstract expression was completely gone, because Wassily Kandinsky never picked up a paint brush or a canvas. The world had become a dark and colorless world without the expression of art and the people. The leaders of the art world have influenced modern art today. Wassily Kandinsky the most important artist of his time because he is the innovator of abstract art which

In the year 1922, after a long and bloody civil war, the Soviet Union was officially formed. After World War II, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR, established itself as one of the world’s superpowers, opposite of the United States of America. The Communist regime reigned over the Soviet Union until 1990, shortly before the Soviet Union collapsed and was formally dissolved in December of 1991. However, during that reign, many rules and regulations were imposed on all aspects of life,

Music underwent a plethora of changes throughout the twentieth century, including a complete transformation from the large symphonic works of the late 1800s to the short, electronic ditties of the late 1900s. With all that change, choosing only three composers to represent the entire twentieth century would be impossible. For example, the innovation of electronic music added an entirely new genre to the world of classical music; however, the three composers discussed here did not write in that style

Soviet Montage Unique Characteristics of Soviet Montage Unlike Montage where by a combination series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information, Soviet Montage on the other hand is a style of filmmaking that is evolved to immerse the audience in a story and disguise technique was turned upside down in order to create the opposite emotional effect to bring the audience to the edge of their seat, and in the case of the Odessa Steps sequence, to push the viewer

Soviet Montage Unique Characteristics of Soviet Montage Unlike Montage where by a combination series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information, Soviet Montage on the other hand is a style of filmmaking that is evolved to immerse the audience in a story and disguise technique was turned upside down in order to create the opposite emotional effect to bring the audience to the edge of their seat, and in the case of the Odessa Steps sequence, to push the viewer

Art in War A pioneer of artistic influence in American culture, Frederick Childe Hassam led the revolution of art in the World War I era. In the midst of a world crisis, Hassam became a trailblazer of his own technique; he promoted a new form of Impressionism that not only reinforced the subtlety and free-flow style of French Impressionism, but also reinforced the vivacity and tenacity that he wanted to express. Amalgamating the techniques of French Impressionism with the nationalistic values

the name card and the double meaning portrayed by the artwork. The constructivist movement has also influenced Rand’s work. This is evident from the use of space geometrically and colors. The colors; red, white and black were prominently used by Russian constructivist

bested interest groups. To what extent was the crisis of the Soviet economy, 1990-91, a direct outcome of the reforms undertaken under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev? The swap of the Communist flag in the Kremlin on December 25th 1991 for a Russian tricolour, was the official acknowledgement of the collapse of the Soviet Union; a political, economical and ideological system that had reigned over the vast territory for decades. The dissolution of one of the opposing superpowers in the Cold War

Dance 10: Quiz 1-5 Part 1 of 1  Multiple Choice/True False     Score: 50   (of possible 50 points) (ADDIONAL) Question 1 of 25     Score: 2   (of possible 2 points) The French court ballet reached its height during the reign of Louis XIV, whose very birth had been celebrated by the _______________ of 1639. A. Ballet de la Félicité B. Ballet de la coutisane appelé C. Ballet de Madame D. Ballet de la Déliverance de Renaud ANS:A The dancers in the earliest ballets were highly skilled