MPC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Suprematism, Building Model, De Stijl
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Cubism substituted ambiguity and contradiction, devalued subject, monumentalize simple themes = lux and paradox of modern life. Innovation: apply color, gb pp mostly tertiary browns. Lightly tinted shapes suggesting machinery, cubism evolving into more colorful. Cubism interested in modern life, reference to real. Nude descending a staircase: pp and gb didn"t like it. 1912, began to show with cubists = respect. Speed, violence, dynamic but style more static than cubist. Weight of renaissance on it artists, made them say fuck the. Dynamism of dog on a leash: cinematic and igurative. Soccer player: convey movements, cinematic element, sense of passage of time, time exposure of body in action, blurry is more accurate act of playing. Unique forms of continuity in space: angles and forward movement in a solid material, broke up the base by feet. Russian art looked to the west/french, then they said screw it. Eight red rectangles: literal cubes, form reduced, comfort in the square.