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Alexandr Rodchenko, Krisis.
El Lissitzky, Beat the whites with the red wedge.
Alexandr Rodchenko, Krisis.
El Lissitzky, Beat the whites with the red wedge.
El Lissitzky, Beat the whites with the red wedge.
Materials
This is a poster is made on paper via the lithographic method, which is when you have a metal plate or smooth stone surface, they'd etch the plate or stone apply acid and gum-Arabic, then apply oil-based ink.
Composition
the composition makes me think of yin-yang. there is a lot of balance in the image generally. the image could've been very linearly symmetrical with a line simply coming down vertically from the top of the sheet. but instead it's twisted, this creates a sort of Dutch-angle effect, it makes the image feel like something's not right or that something intense is happening, gives it a more dramatic energy.
Use of Text and Image
Text is used to label the teams and the ideas of the poster, since this is after all a propaganda poster which is depicting the red wedge, which is an analogy for the Bolsheviks penetrating the lines of the White army and beating them. Meant to demoralize white army supporters and to bolster confidence in the Bolshevik cause.
The Imagery of the strong red color which is a triangle, often known as the strongest shape in nature. It's all to project an image of power and success.
Use of Photography and Illustration
There is no Photography in this poster.
The illustration is used cause it's a good way of conveying more abstract ideas in a stylized way.
Materials
This is a poster is made on paper via the lithographic method, which is when you have a metal plate or smooth stone surface, they'd etch the plate or stone apply acid and gum-Arabic, then apply oil-based ink.
Composition
the composition makes me think of yin-yang. there is a lot of balance in the image generally. the image could've been very linearly symmetrical with a line simply coming down vertically from the top of the sheet. but instead it's twisted, this creates a sort of Dutch-angle effect, it makes the image feel like something's not right or that something intense is happening, gives it a more dramatic energy.
Use of Text and Image
Text is used to label the teams and the ideas of the poster, since this is after all a propaganda poster which is depicting the red wedge, which is an analogy for the Bolsheviks penetrating the lines of the White army and beating them. Meant to demoralize white army supporters and to bolster confidence in the Bolshevik cause.
The Imagery of the strong red color which is a triangle, often known as the strongest shape in nature. It's all to project an image of power and success.
Use of Photography and Illustration
There is no Photography in this poster.
The illustration is used cause it's a good way of conveying more abstract ideas in a stylized way.
This is a poster is made on paper via the lithographic method, which is when you have a metal plate or smooth stone surface, they'd etch the plate or stone apply acid and gum-Arabic, then apply oil-based ink.
Composition
the composition makes me think of yin-yang. there is a lot of balance in the image generally. the image could've been very linearly symmetrical with a line simply coming down vertically from the top of the sheet. but instead it's twisted, this creates a sort of Dutch-angle effect, it makes the image feel like something's not right or that something intense is happening, gives it a more dramatic energy.
Use of Text and Image
Text is used to label the teams and the ideas of the poster, since this is after all a propaganda poster which is depicting the red wedge, which is an analogy for the Bolsheviks penetrating the lines of the White army and beating them. Meant to demoralize white army supporters and to bolster confidence in the Bolshevik cause.
The Imagery of the strong red color which is a triangle, often known as the strongest shape in nature. It's all to project an image of power and success.
Use of Photography and Illustration
There is no Photography in this poster.
The illustration is used cause it's a good way of conveying more abstract ideas in a stylized way.
Materials
This is a poster is made on paper via the lithographic method, which is when you have a metal plate or smooth stone surface, they'd etch the plate or stone apply acid and gum-Arabic, then apply oil-based ink.
Composition
the composition makes me think of yin-yang. there is a lot of balance in the image generally. the image could've been very linearly symmetrical with a line simply coming down vertically from the top of the sheet. but instead it's twisted, this creates a sort of Dutch-angle effect, it makes the image feel like something's not right or that something intense is happening, gives it a more dramatic energy.
Use of Text and Image
Text is used to label the teams and the ideas of the poster, since this is after all a propaganda poster which is depicting the red wedge, which is an analogy for the Bolsheviks penetrating the lines of the White army and beating them. Meant to demoralize white army supporters and to bolster confidence in the Bolshevik cause.
The Imagery of the strong red color which is a triangle, often known as the strongest shape in nature. It's all to project an image of power and success.
Use of Photography and Illustration
There is no Photography in this poster.
The illustration is used cause it's a good way of conveying more abstract ideas in a stylized way.
Alexandr Rodchenko, Krisis.
Materials
This work is influenced by Dadaism, so It's likely done in the same method which is by cutting out pictures paper and sticking them together with other images to create a new context. So I'd say the materials are Glue, paper and the ink from printing, which would've been of a lower quality at the time due to the technology and would've only been in black and white predominantly, since colored printing was still a developing technology in it's infancy.
Composition
Alexandr Rodchenko had been criticized and kicked out of a group known as the October group due to him being a 'formalist' who took composition, planning and structure very seriously in his work. So I'd say that the composition is very thought out and considered, with the explosion being fairly centered with there being almost a symmetry with two planes in the sky and people falling out of the planes / being blown away by the bomb being fairly symmetrical as well, with there being asymmetry in my opinion to make it not look too artificial. but some for, of compositional balance has clearly been considered.
Use of Text and Image
This work uses some images the artist took and other images that the artist found which are dated to the 1920s. The images are all in black and white, but this may very well be due to technical limitations, none the less it gives the image a bleak, depressing look. The images of people could be interpreted in two ways. While it's clearly influenced by Dadaism and that should mean it meant to be mocking and humorous. The context of this likely being influenced in some art by the Russian civil war and the idea these could be trying to show us that these everyday basic people, pictured alive and well. Happy and oblivious to peril are now dead. So it could be interpreted as dark or light hearted. I'm leaning more towards the bleaker interpretation.
Use of Photography and Illustration
The photos used, especially the skyline and the planes in my opinion gives some authenticity to the image, like it's meant to be a warning that has some facts behind it. It makes me wonder what planes those are, where are they bombing? what city? why that city? unlike some random square or made up plane design or something to symbolize a plane, an actual image of a specific plane does have some extra power when used properly to conjure questions.
This work is influenced by Dadaism, so It's likely done in the same method which is by cutting out pictures paper and sticking them together with other images to create a new context. So I'd say the materials are Glue, paper and the ink from printing, which would've been of a lower quality at the time due to the technology and would've only been in black and white predominantly, since colored printing was still a developing technology in it's infancy.
Composition
Alexandr Rodchenko had been criticized and kicked out of a group known as the October group due to him being a 'formalist' who took composition, planning and structure very seriously in his work. So I'd say that the composition is very thought out and considered, with the explosion being fairly centered with there being almost a symmetry with two planes in the sky and people falling out of the planes / being blown away by the bomb being fairly symmetrical as well, with there being asymmetry in my opinion to make it not look too artificial. but some for, of compositional balance has clearly been considered.
Use of Text and Image
This work uses some images the artist took and other images that the artist found which are dated to the 1920s. The images are all in black and white, but this may very well be due to technical limitations, none the less it gives the image a bleak, depressing look. The images of people could be interpreted in two ways. While it's clearly influenced by Dadaism and that should mean it meant to be mocking and humorous. The context of this likely being influenced in some art by the Russian civil war and the idea these could be trying to show us that these everyday basic people, pictured alive and well. Happy and oblivious to peril are now dead. So it could be interpreted as dark or light hearted. I'm leaning more towards the bleaker interpretation.
Use of Photography and Illustration
The photos used, especially the skyline and the planes in my opinion gives some authenticity to the image, like it's meant to be a warning that has some facts behind it. It makes me wonder what planes those are, where are they bombing? what city? why that city? unlike some random square or made up plane design or something to symbolize a plane, an actual image of a specific plane does have some extra power when used properly to conjure questions.
Readership and Audience For Both
The audience is the Russian people. They're both about the same thing for the most part, different looks on it, by very similar artists who were both Bolshevik-supporters.'Beat the whites' is pro-Bolshevik propaganda during the civil war to give morale to the communist factions and demoralize the White army Supporters. It's in favor of destruction of the white army. I could argue that it calls for violence with it literally being a depiction of a red, sharp object penetrating a white circle. But that is certainly up for debate.
The other one, Krisis was made after the war in 1923, the war having ended in December of 1922. So it could be a post war denunciation of bombings by the white army or by the Bolsheviks, but to my understanding; the Bolsheviks did not have that sort of military infrastructure, but the white army and their allies, being official state-ran militaries did certainly have that sort of technology. Looking into the war planes of the time, I reckon there's a chance they may be non-war planes. they do not have mounted machine guns like the planes of that period had, do not have 2 layers of wings and so could very well be small commercial planes from a newspaper the artist had found. Which could open up the possibility of it being an insult of capitalism.
The audience is capitalists to change their minds in theory. but more practically these are works which communist Bolsheviks can rally behind and agree with.
The other one, Krisis was made after the war in 1923, the war having ended in December of 1922. So it could be a post war denunciation of bombings by the white army or by the Bolsheviks, but to my understanding; the Bolsheviks did not have that sort of military infrastructure, but the white army and their allies, being official state-ran militaries did certainly have that sort of technology. Looking into the war planes of the time, I reckon there's a chance they may be non-war planes. they do not have mounted machine guns like the planes of that period had, do not have 2 layers of wings and so could very well be small commercial planes from a newspaper the artist had found. Which could open up the possibility of it being an insult of capitalism.
The audience is capitalists to change their minds in theory. but more practically these are works which communist Bolsheviks can rally behind and agree with.