JAV131H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Communist International, Gerrit Rietveld, Kazimir Malevich
13 Oct 2016
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Avant-garde (translates to vanguard or advance guard, which si the part of an army that goes forward ahead of the rest): 1910-1925 dynamic expressions. The power of the arts is the most immediate. (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:863), (cid:862)(cid:373)oder(cid:374)(cid:863), (cid:862)a(cid:448)a(cid:374)t-garde(cid:863) modernity, modernization, modernism. (cid:862)we affir(cid:373) that the (cid:449)orld has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) e(cid:374)ri(cid:272)hed (cid:271)y a (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:271)eauty(cid:863) Modern times became much more interesting than the past. Artists should get rid of the past and look at the future. The futurists were radicals and wanted to change the world, but used traditional art forms (paintings, sculptures) to try and change the world paradoxical use the same art forms that they despise. Futurist architecture manifesto, 1914 when architecture made a fresh start. Giacomo matte-trucco fiat lingotto factory, 1916-23. Josef chochol apartment building, prague, 1912-13; making architecture out of cubism (difficult because architecture is an immovable aesthetic, so incorporating cubism was hard to do) kovarovic house, prague, 1912-13.
