Chapter 15 - A New Language of Form

Question 1

Painting style focussing on elemental geometric abstraction; nonobjective.

Answer 1

Suprematism

Question 2

Painter, (1878-1935) founded a painting style of basic shapes made of pure color that he called Suprematism.

Answer 2

Kasimir Malevich

Question 3

The notion that art does not need to serve a social function.

Answer 3

“art for art’s sake”

Question 4

Design in Russia focussing on the mathematical and structural properties of architecture; focused on the utilitarian, mainly in the poster design form.

Answer 4

Constructivism

Question 5

Painter, graphics designer, architect and photrographer, studied in Germany. He best realized the Constructivist idea, using mathematical structures as the basis of his work. He largely developed the modern design aesthetic.

Answer 5

El Lissitzky

Question 6

A radical Socialist; Russians who emerged victorious from their civil war in 1920. The Russian Socialist Party developed into the Communist Party.

Answer 6

Bolshevik

Question 7

He was an ardent communist who brought an inventive spirit and willingness to experiment to sans-serif typography, montage, and photography.

Answer 7

Alexander Rodchenko

Question 8

The process of making composite photograph by cutting and joining photos.

Answer 8

Photomontage

Question 9

Art used as political propoganda (from agitation + propoganda)

Answer 9

Agitprop

Question 10

Dutch design focusing on the purity of square shapes and primary colors. Sought the universal laws of equilibrium and harmony for art, which could then be a prototype for a new social order.

Answer 10

De Stijl

Question 11

Painter who popularized De Stijl. He reduced his paintings and designs to the use of primary colors with black horizontal and vertical lines, and flat planes.

Answer 11

Piet Mondrian

Question 12

Founder and guiding spirit of the De Stijl movement.

Answer 12

Theo van Doesburg