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Constructivism (Date) |
1920 |
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Constructivism (Country) |
Russia |
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Constructivism (Influences) |
1. The new communist state 2. Futurism |
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Constructivism (Philosophy) |
Design is a powerful political force |
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Constructivism (Designers) |
1. El Lissitzky 2. Alexander Rodchenko |
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Constructivism (Characteristics) |
1. red, white and black 2. dynamism 3. sans serif type 4. bars and rules 5. justified columns 6. grid alignment 7. type set reverse |
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De Stijl (Date) |
1920 |
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De Stijl (Country) |
Holland |
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De Stijl (Designer) |
Piet Mondrain |
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De Stijl (other name) |
Mondrain Style |
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De Stijl (Influences) |
1. cubism 2. constructivism |
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De Stijl (Philosophy) |
1. Pure abstraction 2. order and harmony |
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De Stijl (Characteristics) |
1. Thick Bars 2. Planes of Primary colors 3. Asymmetrical layout 4. squared sans serif type |
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Surrealism (Date) |
1930 |
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Surrealism (Country) |
France |
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Surrealism (Influences) |
1. Response to WWI 2. Dada |
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Surrealism (Philosophy) |
1. Defy logic 2. Reality isn't what we perceive |
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Surrealism (founder) |
1. Andre Breton 2. Salvador Dali 3. Rene Magritte 4. M.C. Escher |
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Surrealism (Characteristics) |
Real objects in unreal situations |
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Art Nouveau (Date) |
1890-1905 |
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Art Nouveau (Country) |
France |
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Art Nouveau (Influence) |
1. cafe society 2. Japanese Art 3. impressionism 4. arts and crafts 5. Rococo |
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Art Nouveau (Philosophy) |
design is a part of life |
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Art Nouveau (Characteristics) |
1. organic line 2. fluid energy 3. female form 4. thick and thin 5. asymmetrical |
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Cubism (Date) |
1910 |
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Cubism (Country) |
France |
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Cubism (Founders) |
Pablo Picasso George Braque |
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Cubism (Name Origin) |
Art reminded of cubes |
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Cubism (Influences) |
1. African Mask 2. Response to realism |
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Cubism (Philosophy) |
1. require viewer to participate 2. nature is realism; design in abstraction |
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Cubism (Characteristics) |
1. Geometric planes 2. flat form 3. overlapping elements 4. muted colors |
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Dada (Date) |
1920 |
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Dada (Country) |
France |
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Dada (Founder) |
Marcel Duchamp |
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Dada (Influences) |
1. disgust within WWI 2. cubism 3. futurism |
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Dada (Philosophy) |
1. Anti-mainstream 2. see in new ways 3. tradition and heritage inhibit creativity |
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Forces to see objects in new ways |
Dada |
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Futurism (Date) |
1909 |
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Futurism (Country) |
Italy |
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Futurism (Founders) |
Filippo Marinetti |
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Futurism (Influences) |
1. Cubism 2. Future technology |
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Futurism (Philosophy) |
1. Challenge the norm 2. unite art and technology 3. a motion of speed 4. energy |
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Futurism (Characteristics) |
1. Variety of fonts 2. variety of point sizes 3. Asymmetrical layout 4. dynamism 5. type forms images |
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Minimalism (Date) |
1910 |
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Minimalism (Country) |
USA |
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Minimalism (Other Name) |
Object Poster |
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Minimalism (Founder) |
Lucian Bernhard |
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Minimalism (Influences) |
response to Art Nouveau |
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Minimalism (Philosophy) |
simplification enhances clarity |
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Minimalism (Characteristics) |
1. Flat background 2. large product images 3. company names |
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Constructing the new government Constructed from the inside out. The information is the skeleton that supports the visual appearance. |
Constructivism |
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The Isms of Art |
El Lissitzky 1914-1923 |
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Red, White and Black (Bonus) |
Red: New State Color White: Purity Black: Clarity |
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The most influential design school of all time |
The Bauhaus |
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Founder of the Bauhaus |
Walter Gropius |
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The Bauhaus |
Started in Weimar (1919) Moved to Dessau (1933) (Bonus)- moved in 1924
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The Bauhaus Philosophy |
1. Provide foundation in all crafts 2. upgrade design consciousness 3. release creative abilities 4. unify art and technology 5. respect nature of materials 6. establish global design style (did all but 6) |
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"Less is more" |
Mies van der Rohe A later director of the Bauhaus |
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Universal alphabet Research of what is the easiest to read: Flush left ragged right |
Herbert Bayer |
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7 ways to set body copy |
1. flush left ragged right 2. flush right ragged left 3. centered 4. justified 5. asymmetrical 6. wraparound 7. image shape |
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"Beyond Realism" |
surrealism |
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The first founder of surrealism |
Andre Breton |
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"The only difference between the Surrealist and me is that I am a surrealist." Persistence of memory Destino |
Salvador Dali |
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"This is not a pipe" |
Rene Magritte |
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War Propaganda Posters |
WWI 1917 WWII 1945 Started in France Help war cost
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War Propaganda Posters Philosophy |
Propaganda relies on emotion over intellect |
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Icons for the New World (USA) |
1. Pocahantas 2. Yankee Doodle 3. Columbia 4. Uncle Sam |
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Uncle Sam |
Samuel Wilson (1832) Thomas Nast rendered him Most prevalent icon for America |
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"I want you for the US army" Most well known propaganda |
James Montgomery Flagg |
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"We can do it" |
Rosie the Riveter |
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Commonalities of Propaganda Posters |
1. powerful images 2. overlapping layers 3. worm's eye view |
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First Global Design Style |
Art Nouveau |
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First multimedia design style thick and thin borders |
Arnold Bocklin Font |
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Father of Modern Poster |
Jules Cheret |
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Moulin Rouge |
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec |
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the founder in 1895 of " La Maison de l'Art Nouveau " in Paris it was his art gallery and exhibition hall that gave its name to the famous artistic Style Art Nouveau. |
Samuel Bing's Gallery |
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Subway entrances |
Hector Guimard |
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Furniture makers steam wood to bend it bentwood |
Thonet Brothers |
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Found American Dada Movement |
Man Ray |
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Furniture that is steamed to bend |
bentwood |
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pasted paper |
collage
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diagonal lines create more life than straight |
dynamism |
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when you take an object out of its normal context you force the viewer to think in new ways |
readymades |
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most remembered for his contributions to the French Art Nouveau movement at the turn of the century |
Alphonse Mucha |
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the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining two or more photographs into an illusion of an unreal subject. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that a final image may appear as a seamless photographic print |
photomontage |
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important; famous projecting from something; protuberant |
Prominent |
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founding member of Köln Dada; surrealist pioneer |
Max Ernst |
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one of America's most beloved artists working during the "Golden Age of American Illustration." He achieved incredible artistic renown and critical acclaim during his lifetime and has continued to interest new audiences ever since |
Maxfield Parrish |
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the leading English illustrator of the 1890s and, after Oscar Wilde, the outstanding figure in the Aestheticism movement |
Aubrey Beardsley |
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information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
Propaganda |