Russian avant-garde
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The Russian avant-garde was a radical and influential early 20th-century artistic movement in Russia that revolutionized painting, literature, theater, and design through experimental, abstract, and politically engaged forms.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Russian avant-garde canonical | 22 |
| Soviet avant-garde | 4 |
| Russian modernism | 2 |
| Russian avant-garde movement | 1 |
| Russian avant-garde period | 1 |
| Soviet literary avant-garde | 1 |
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art movement
ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ historical movement ⓘ |
| aim |
to break with traditional artistic conventions
ⓘ
to create a new art for a new society ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
October Revolution
early Soviet state ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Russia
ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| declineCause | rise of Socialist Realism in the 1930s ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1930s ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
ⓘ
design ⓘ graphic design ⓘ literature ⓘ painting ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
abstract
ⓘ
emphasis on industrial materials ⓘ experimental ⓘ politically engaged ⓘ rejection of academic art ⓘ revolutionary aesthetics ⓘ use of geometric forms ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
20th-century modern art
ⓘ
Bauhaus ⓘ abstract art ⓘ constructivist architecture ⓘ graphic design ⓘ international avant-garde ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Constructivism
ⓘ
Cubo-Futurism ⓘ Productivism ⓘ Proletkult ⓘ Rayonism ⓘ Russian Futurism ⓘ Suprematism ⓘ Zaum poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Cubism
ⓘ
surface form:
French Cubism
Futurism ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Futurism
Symbolism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Russian ⓘ |
| movementType |
avant-garde
ⓘ
modernism ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Alexander Rodchenko
ⓘ
El Lissitzky ⓘ Kazimir Malevich ⓘ Lyubov Popova ⓘ Mikhail Larionov ⓘ Natalia Goncharova ⓘ Varvara Stepanova ⓘ Vladimir Tatlin ⓘ Wassily Kandinsky ⓘ |
| notableFilmmaker |
Dziga Vertov
ⓘ
Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ |
| notableTheaterPractitioner | Vsevolod Meyerhold ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge
ⓘ
Black Square ⓘ Proun series ⓘ Man with a Movie Camera ⓘ
surface form:
The Man with the Movie Camera
Victory over the Sun ⓘ |
| notableWriter |
Aleksei Kruchyonykh
ⓘ
Velimir Khlebnikov ⓘ Vladimir Mayakovsky ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
socialist realism
ⓘ
surface form:
Socialist Realism
|
| period | early 20th century ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolshevik Revolution
Soviet socialism ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1890s ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
architecture models
ⓘ
book design ⓘ collage ⓘ film ⓘ painting ⓘ photomontage ⓘ poster design ⓘ theatrical staging ⓘ |
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Soviet avant-garde
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Russian avant-garde period
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Russian avant-garde movement
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Russian modernism
this entity surface form:
Soviet literary avant-garde
this entity surface form:
Russian modernism
this entity surface form:
Soviet avant-garde
this entity surface form:
Soviet avant-garde