Russian Constructivism

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architectural movement art movement avant-garde movement

Russian Constructivism was an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement in Russia that emphasized abstraction, industrial materials, and functional design aligned with socialist ideals.

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Constructivist movement 1
Russian constructivism 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural movement ⓘ
art movement ⓘ
avant-garde movement ⓘ
activePeriod 1910s ⓘ
1920s ⓘ
aimedTo serve the needs of the new socialist society ⓘ
alignedWith Bolshevik ideology ⓘ
socialist ideals ⓘ
artisticFocus abstraction ⓘ
functional design ⓘ
geometric forms ⓘ
associatedInstitution INKhUK ⓘ
VKhUTEMAS ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
declinePeriod late 1920s ⓘ
emphasizedMaterial concrete ⓘ
glass ⓘ
industrial materials ⓘ
metal ⓘ
wood ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ
industrial design ⓘ
painting ⓘ
photomontage ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
theater design ⓘ
inception 1913 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
influenced Bauhaus ⓘ
International Style ⓘ
surface form: International Style architecture

industrial design ⓘ
modern graphic design ⓘ
influencedBy Cubism ⓘ
Russian Futurism ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

Suprematism ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
keyConcept collectivism ⓘ
construction ⓘ
functionalism ⓘ
integration of art and life ⓘ
utilitarianism ⓘ
movementType avant-garde ⓘ
notableProponent Alexander Rodchenko ⓘ
Antoine Pevsner ⓘ
El Lissitzky ⓘ
Gustav Klutsis ⓘ
Lyubov Popova ⓘ
Naum Gabo ⓘ
Varvara Stepanova ⓘ
Vladimir Tatlin ⓘ
notableWork Monument to the Third International ⓘ
politicalContext post-Revolutionary Russia ⓘ
rejected art for art's sake ⓘ
easel painting ⓘ
suppressedBy Stalinist cultural policy ⓘ
visualCharacteristic bold typography ⓘ
diagonal compositions ⓘ
limited color palettes ⓘ
use of photomontage ⓘ

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Deconstructivism → influencedBy → Russian Constructivism ⓘ
Hannes Meyer → influencedBy → Russian Constructivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian constructivism
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → influencedBy → Russian Constructivism ⓘ
László Moholy-Nagy → influencedBy → Russian Constructivism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constructivist movement
Maria Ludwig Michael Mies → influencedBy → Russian Constructivism ⓘ