After WW1, the economy was led into crises, and there was a massive human toll, and this then led to the monarchy being overthrown February 1917.

roughly 90% of film stock came from over seas, so after the war, disrupted this trade, and Russia lost a lot of their film stock.

After the downfall of the monarchy, the government became a very regulatory, and nothing negative was allowed to be said, politics almost became the new religion as all other religions were ban

These art pieces were designed to be abstract and geometric instead of using real people. This allowed people to see art without the emotional attraction we would have to people, but rather just a 2D image that gets the message across.

“If the depiction of the world does aid cognition, then only at the very earliest stages of human development, after which it already becomes either a direct hindrance to the growth of art or a class-based interpretation of it”

– Nikolay Punin, Fine arts Department, 1919.

The Soviet Fine Art Movement, that stemmed out from the soviet revolution in 1917 all the way until the soviet unions collapse in 1991 was a visual art style of ‘socialist Realism’. Taking away from traditional art and western influence, this movement explored the abstract use of shape, colour and composition to depict the “social reality” of the working class, labourers and soldiers, Used occasionally as propaganda.

Some artists from this movement include Antoine Pevsner, Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky, Naum Gabo and Wassily Kandinsky.

examples include:

Its influence found its way into other areas such as Architecture, with the aesthetic of Brutalism emerging from it in the early 80s. Consisting of concrete bold buildings, with straight lines and modernist appearance, they played a factor economically as well due to poor improvements made by the government for workers housing.

Describe some of the stylistic conventions associated with the expressionist art movement. Post some additional examples of Constructivist art.

In expressionist art, colour in particular can be highly intense and non-naturalistic, brushwork is typically free and paint application tends to be generous and highly textured. Other forms that distinguish Expressionism (an international movement in art, architecture, literature, and performance that flourished between 1905 and 1920, especially in Germany and Austria) were extreme angles, flattened forms, garish colours, and distorted views. Expressionist art tends to be emotional and sometimes mystical.

‘The Scream’ – Edvard Munch – 1893

‘The Blue Rider’ – Wassily Kandinsky – 1903

‘Blue Horses’ – Franz Marc – 1911

Stylistic Conventions:

Use of geometric shapes.

the ides that art serves the government.

It rarely looks real, is it most often abstract.

Bauhaus

Milano Decor n° 87 – Viscontea Casa d’Aste

Explain how the political, social and economic upheaval created by the aftermath of both the Russian revolution and WW1 affected the production and content of classic soviet constructivist cinema?

The Russian Revolution was a time of change in the Russia it started in 1917. as the bolshevist over threw the Russian empire and monarchy. the bolscovits developed a socialist government that was corrupt and unfair n the Russian citizens

soviet cinema was run by the government in 1917-1953 most films made were censored and checked by the government before release due to the communist society in command. Due to most films being propaganda at the time.

Following the Russian Revolution, Western art traditions were rejected in favour for constructivist, abstract art which placed a focus on socialist realism.

Examples:

(Suprematist Composition Airplane Flying, 1915 – Kazimir Malevich)

(CompositionIV, 1911 – Wassily Kandinsky)

Russian Constructivist art is an art movement consisting of simple geometric shapes straying away from natural realistic art pieces.

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge (1920) 

Tatlin’s Tower (1919)

2)Describe some of the stylstic conventions associated with the expressionist art movement.

Some of the stylistic choices of this art form is extreme angles, flattened forms, garish colours and distorted views. This creates its unique look and aesthetic.