Day Eight

NOTES

EL LISSITZKY

- a painter. he starts off originally painting pioneer suprematism.

- He influences constructivism and De Stijl and bauhaus. 

- He explores the intersection between painting and architecture 

- Lissitzky invented PROUNS which are experiments

- Stands for Projects for establishments of a new art. 

- 'Beat the whites with the red wedge' is a famous propaganda poster by Lissitzky 

- He writes a book called "The isms in Art" 

- Develops a page system which is a mathematical grid system. Also written in English, French, and German.

- Asymmetrical balance, active use of white space, san serif type, and grids.

- Grids is a system of rules

- If you are able to embrace the geometry of design your problems will be solved

ALEXANDER RODCHENKO

- "The Battleship Potemkim" movie is a great example of cinema

- The important thing about cinema around this time influences design, poster, etc

- 1910 to 1914 attended art school

- Moves into constructivism 

- Constructivism leads to modern poster design.

- This style is primitive and raw

- In 1928 it evolved and looks almost contemporary 

- Product, packaging, ads, is seen as something people need. This is constructivism. 

- Constructivism is creativity needs a social need.

DE STIJL

- From Netherlands

- Utopian world approach of aesthetics

- Based on functionalism

- has rectilinear planes

- using primary colors and black and white

- Thought to express mathematical expressions 

- mathematical system for universal harmony

- Theo van Doesburg is the leader

- De Stijl can apply to everything

- Squares, rectangles, black and white. Rather stark designs

- 1922 formats of magazines changes and embraces asymmetrical system

- Type is asymmetrically set and forces eye to move around the page

- Dadaism is about chaos 

- Theo van Doesburg embraces dadaism

-  This is where we are in design

- Doesburg believes to establish a new art you need to destroy everything else.

- 1922 most famous De Stijl artist is Piet Mondrian who created famous art 

BAUHAUS

- Bauhaus was a school just like Ringling

- Life in Germany kind of suck because they lost WWII 

- School built around the utopian idea to create a new spiritual society

- Looking for a unity of artist and craftsman to form a new future

- Only existed for 14 years but we still talk about it

- Germany is in ruin and Bauhaus brought fresh life and revitalized world

- 1990 - 1925 Weimer

- 1923 First public exhibition 

- 1924 Letter of recognition 

- 1925  1931 Dessau

- 1928 replaced by Meyer

- 1930 Meyer replaced by Van Der Rohe

- 1932 - 1933 Berlin

video we watched

I'm studying DESIGN not ART

Dadaism 

art school always make things cool

nac for putting depressing things at the end 

PERSONAL THOUGHT

It's great to be back from spring break and truly missed your lecture. "You're not suppose to follow us. You're suppose to confront us." A very bold idea to stand up for what you believe in. I agree that we should stand by our art concept. But aren't professors there to help you? I've been studying art for less then two years. I feel like someone who's devoted over 20 years of art versus my measly 2 years of study. You stated that you would rather have it be that Ringling ran on no grades. When I went hunting and researching art schools I specifically chose Ringling because it had a grade system. I have friends who go to art schools with no grade system and it feels like no structure. I feel having that letter grade makes have more power and confidence. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's because it's a familiar system for 13 years. To some degree I agree with no grades but I really need that structure. 

El Lissitzky was an interesting artist. I really like his use and exploration in asymmetrical balance, active use of white space, san serif type, and grids. It's fun to know that geometry has a significant influence in art and design. I really like constructivism art. Ads, product design, packaging, etc are all things that people need. Over the past year I've taken a hug interest in learning ads, packaging, etc. I like how art is integrated into every day life. It's a shame that most people don't even see that as art. 

I'm studying DESIGN not ART! What defines design and what defines art? What is the difference? Going into our discussion with Bauhaus I already had a good understanding of Bauhaus and their style. Out of all the movements Art Nouveau and Bauhaus is my all time favorite as it houses some of my favorite art pieces. What I really love about them is the geometric approach to everything. I always learn something new when talking about Bauhaus. I did not know about how short Bauhaus existence was. 14 years is so short but left such a huge impact. 

QUESTIONS

What is the distinct difference between Bauhaus and De Stijl? 

What is your opinion on art versus design?