VISD 2B09 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Johannes Itten, Photomontage, Bookbinding
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Dadaists embraced utopian communism, especially hated the. Expressionist art in germany: too subjective and romantic, thought themselves as assemblers, therefore creating the word photomontage. Tatlin"s artistic vision is dispassionate and clinical. Germany remained the central focus for artists to explore the connections between dada and constructivism: international constructivism is different than the russian one, as it didn"t always focus on revolutionary communist ideology. Artists focused on feelings to capture a sense of mood and atmosphere, reflective of many that suffered from post- traumatic disorder after the war. Artists did believe that machines would help europe build a better. Arbeitsrat fur kunst, consisted of members that hoped a new society society in germany, contrasting metropolis" idea would be built on marxist principles of equality and justice. Women were excluded from the school that combined fine and applied arts, restricted to weaving, pottery, bookbinding workshops.