Cubo-Futurism
editOrigin of the term
editThe term "Cubo-Futurism" first appeared in a lecture in 1913,[1] originally to refer to the poetry style of the writers who belonged to David and Vladimir Burliuk's group, "Hylaea", also spelt "Gylée"[2] and "Gylea".
It was only after the said poets began to display shocking public behaviour (for example wearing absurd clothes and obnoxious poetry readings), when the writers and the movement in general began to be called simply "Russian Futurism".[1]
As a result, "Cubo-Futurism" then began to refer to the artists who were influenced by Cubism and Futurism.[3]
Start of the movement
editThanks to modern technology (transport and telegraphy, for example) and the artists' experience of other countries, the creatives in Russia knew much about the avant-garde events in Europe.[4]
Cubo-Futurism as an art style would only take full form in the years 1912 to 1913.[4] One of the major painters to become a Cubo-Futurist would be Kazimir Malevich, who entered his Cubo-Futurist phase in 1912-13; he termed the works he exhibited at the 1912 "Donkey's Tail" and 1913 "Target" exhibitions "Cubo-Futurist".[5]
For Malevich, Cubo-Futurism would be especially important, because it symbolised the connection between the stillness of conventional Cubism, and the dynamism inherent in Futurism.[4]
End of Cubo-Futurism
editBy the year 1915, because Cubism and Futurism both began to become exhausted for the painters, though the style itself continued to be in use until roughly 1919,[3] the energies of most of the original participants moved into other styles of painting or writing, for example Constructivism.[6]
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William Greengrass
editWilliam Greengrass (1898 - 1972) was a wood engraver, sculptor, and one-time curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He is best known for his works related to the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.
Selected works
editFuturism
editReturning to the Trenches
editReturning to the Trenches is a 1914-1916 series of sketches and drypoint prints by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. It is one of the last works he produced in his Futurist/Vorticist style.
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Detail: Signature on finalized print
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Hyalea
editHyalea was a Russian art movement founded by brothers David and Vladimir Burliuk.[7] Notorious for its shocking customs designed to annoy members of the art establishment, among its members was poet Vladimir Mayakovsky.
History
editIn 1910, the Burliuk brothers decided to found an avant-garde literary group, which they named "Hylaea".[7]
Legacy
editIts members eventually became Futurists.
See also
editAnti-neutral suit
editThe anti-neutral suit was a series of suits designed in the early 1910s by painter and writer Giacomo Balla. Incredibly colourful, they evoked the paintings of the Futurists.
Etymology
editThe costumes were named as such because their shoes were deliberately designed "to deliver merry kicks to all neutralists".[8][9]
History
editA pamphlet/manifesto outlining the motives of the suit was co-authored by Balla and fellow Futurist Filippo Marinetti in September 1914. It encouraged clothes to be asymmetrical and short-lived.[9][8]
See also
editExternal links
edit- A facsimile of the entire four-page manifesto, albeit in the original Italian, at the Bodleian Library blog-page. Published May 14, 2015. Accessed January 16, 2020.
Images of War
edit Cover of the book | |
| Author | Natalia Goncharova |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Natalia Goncharova |
| Cover artist | Natalia Goncharova |
| Language | Russian |
| Subject | War |
| Genre | Illustration, war |
| Published | Moscow |
Publication date | 1914 |
| Publication place | Russia |
War (Russian: Война, Voyna), better known as either Images of War,[10][11] or Mystical Images of War,[12] is the title of a book and a portfolio[10] of fourteen lithographs by Natalia Goncharova, published in Moscow in 1914, soon after the start of World War I.[13] They are designed in the woodcut/lubok tradition, and depict scenes of war.
History
editPrior to 1914, Goncharova had been living in Paris, with a successful career in stage and costume design for ballet productions; she returned to Moscow at the outbreak of the Great War, where the book was produced.[11] Containing drawings inspired by lubok, the book was created as a patriotic reaction to World War I.[13]
Description
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The book itself was printed in Moscow with a yellow cover, and depicts an angel holding a sword. The contents which do not consist of lithographs are a titlepage, a table of contents, and information on where it was printed respectively.
A short description of the images themselves are as follows:[14]
St. George - shows Saint George defeating the Dragon.
The White Eagle - shows a double-headed eagle attacking a smaller, black bird of prey.
The British Lion - simply depicts a lion.
The French Cock - shows a cock crowing amidst flying cannonballs.
Maiden Upon the Beast - depicts a maiden holding a goblet riding on a multi-headed beast, which is striding atop dead soldiers.
Peresvet and Oslyabya - shows the subject matter wielding clubs whilst riding horses.
Archangel Michael - shows Michael riding a horse about to leap over flames, blowing a trumpet and with a pair of scales in his left hand, to where he is also throwing a small book.
Vision in the Clouds -
Devoted Christian Troops -
Angels and Aeroplanes -
The Doomed City -
The Pale Horse -
Communal Grave -
Alexander Nevsky -
Legacy
editCopies of the book - and/or its prints - now belong to museums such as the Scottish National Gallery[10] and the MOMA.[11]
See also
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Other stuff
editFile:W. K. Haselden, “How to Paint a Futurist Picture,” Daily Mirror, March 15, 1912.jpg
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File:Charles Harrison, “The New Terror,” Daily Express, March 4, 1912.jpg
Stories in "The Door in the Wall and Other Stories"
edit- The Door in the Wall
- The Star
- A Dream of Armageddon
- The Cone
- The Lord of the Dynamos
- A Moonlight Fable
- The Diamond Maker
- The Country of the Blind
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References
edit- ^ a b Parton, Anthony. "Cubo-Futurism". Grove (Oxford) Art Online. Retrieved March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Severini, Gino. The Life of a Painter. Princeton University Press. p. 295.
- ^ a b Sarabianov, Andrei. "Cubo-Futurism". Encyclopedia Brittanica. Retrieved March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c "Futurism (2009 exhibition) room guide, room 6, Russia: Cubo-Futurism". Tate. 12 June - 20 September 2009. Retrieved March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Cubo-Futurism". Oxford Reference. Retrieved March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Parton, Anthony. "Cubo-Futurism". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. Retrieved March 2020.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help); Invalid|url-access=Subscription-only(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b David Burliuk at russianfuturists.com. Accessed 17th January 2020.
- ^ a b Balla, Giacomo (1914). The Anti-Neutral Suit.
- ^ a b Tisdall, Caroline; Bozzolla, Angelo (1977). Futurism. Thames & Hudson. pp. 194–195.
- ^ a b c Cover of the portfolio "Images of War" at the National Galleries of Scotland. Accessed 3rd January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Angels and Aeroplanes" at the MOMA. Accessed 3rd January 2020.
- ^ Lodder, Christina (June 2019). "Natalia Goncharova: the Trailblazer". Tate. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Titlepage of "Images of War" at the National Galleries of Scotland. Accessed 3rd January.
- ^ "Natalia Goncharova". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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