Monday, October 16, 2017

your turn No. 5


Otto Dix, War Cripples, New Objectivity, 1923

Dear class. After hours of careful work over the weekend preparing interesting legends for each image in your list for the midterm, my blog page froze and I lost the whole lot (I couln't believe I had not saved it). I have to do it again and will have it ready for this afternoon (Monday). In the meantime, this is the post for this week's class.

There is so much to talk about: Futurism, Synthetic Cubism, Suprematism, Constructivism, New Objectivity, New Typography, Dada... wow.

Pick your theme and stick to the idea of graphic design.  

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

your turn #4

                   The influence of Expressionism in American cinema, Lady from Shanghai, circa 1940s, Orson Wells.

Plenty to talk about last class.

First the personalities: Cheret, Beardsley, Mucha, McDonald,  Pizarro,  Schmidt- Rottluff, Paul Klee, Adolf Loos, etc.

Stylistic influences: the difference between Arts and Crafts and Victorian and the difference between the latter and Nouveau. The Viennese Secession, van de Velde, The Beggarstaffs, Gesamtkunstwerk, Werkbund, etc.

Your comments are getting better, keep it on.