FAH246H1 Lecture Notes - Detroit Industry Murals, Alexander Rodchenko, Constitution Of France
Document Summary
Not necessarily vanity, but more so a mission. Wanted abstraction to be a way of transporting the viewer somewhere else. Czech artist, spent all his time in paris, interested in music and astronomy. Planetary movement in different phases, but it isn"t strictly representational. These artists were aware of how radically new their art was. No one really knows who the rst person was to draw abstract gures. Couverture de l"assiette au beurre 7 mai, 1904, by kupka - anarchist journal. While he was painting abstract works like the previous ones listed, he was politically committed to depict art such as this. He was doing a lot of different art at the same time. He was constantly doing illustrations for different journals. Did a whole series on money, l"argent personifying money. Criticizes using the french constitution. (emphasis on money is undercutting fraternity. In netherlands during ww1, wrote a lot about his work .
