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Moisei Ginzburg’s “Results and Prospects” (1927)

• November 3, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, Bauhaus, De Stijl, International Constructivism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: architectural modernism, internationalism, Moisei Ginzburg, Results and Prospects, Soviet avant-garde, Sovremennaia arkhitektura, translation

CIAM’s “The Athens Charter” (1933)

• November 3, 2010 • 10 Comments

Posted in architecture, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: Charter of Athens, CIAM, Cornelis van Eesteren, internationalism, Karel Teige, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Hilberseimer, translation, urbanism, Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius’ “Houses, Walk-ups or High-rise Apartment Blocks?” (1931)

• October 28, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism, urbanism/city planning
Tags: apartments, Bauhaus, CIAM, city planning, internationalism, town planning, translation, urbanism, Walter Gropius

The Editors of Blok’s “What Constructivism Is” (1924)

• October 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, functionalism, International Constructivism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: anti-formalism, Blok, construction, Constructivism, editorial statement, functionalism, international constructivism, internationalism, Polish avant-garde, Polish modernism, translation

Mieczysław Szczuka’s “An Attempt to Explain the Misunderstanding Related to the Public’s Attitude to New Art” (1924)

• October 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, functionalism, International Constructivism, modernism
Tags: alienation, international constructivism, internationalism, Mieczystaw Szczuka, Mieczysław Szczuka, new art, Polish avant-garde, public reception, translation, urbanism

Henryk Stazewski’s “Untitled Statements on Suprematism and Painting” (1924)

• October 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, functionalism, International Constructivism
Tags: Blok, flatness, Henryk Stazewski, internationalism, Lissitzky, Malevich, Polish Constructivism, Suprematism, Tatlin, translation

Hans Richter’s “Toward Constructivism” (1924)

• October 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, Bauhaus, De Stijl, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: art movements, Constructivism, El Lissitzky, Hans Richter, internationalism, Theo van Doesburg, translation

Mart Stam’s “Makeyekvka” (1932)

• October 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, De Stijl, functionalism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: city planning, Five-Year Plan, internationalism, Mart Stam, Soviet Union, town planning, translation, urbanism, USSR

Lajos Kassák’s “To the Artists of All Nations!” (1920)

• October 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in art, modernism
Tags: architecture, art, humanity, internationalism, Lajos Kassak, revolution, the proletariat, translation

David Shterenberg’s “Foreword” to the Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Russian Art, Van Diemen Gallery, Berlin (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in art, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: avant-garde, catalogue, Constructivism, David Shterenerg, David Sterenberg, internationalism, modernism, Russian exhibition, Suprematism, translation

Branko Ve Poljanski’s “Through the Russian Exhibition” (1923)

• October 22, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in art, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Aleksandr Rodchenko, Alexander Rodchenko, Branko Ve Poljanski, Constructivism, El Lissitzky, internationalism, Kasimir Malevich, Kazimir Malevich, Rozanova, Russian avant-garde, Russian exhibition, Suprematism, translation, Vladimir Tatlin, Zenithism

Adolf Behne’s “On the Russian Exhibition” (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in art, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Adolf Behne, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Alexander Rodchenko, David Sterenberg, El Lissitzky, internationalism, Kasimir Malevich, Kazimir Malevich, Marc Chagall, Russian exhibition, Suprematism, translation, Vladimir Tatlin, Wassily Kandinsky

Paul Westheim’s “The Exhibition of Russian Artists” (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Constructivism, exhibition, internationalism, Malevich, Naum Gabo, Paul Westheim, Rodchenko, Russian modernism, Suprematism, Tatlin, translation

De Stijl, “A Short Review of the Proceedings [of the Congress of International Progressive Artists], Followed by the Statements Made by the Artists’ Groups” (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: architecture, art, Constructivism, De Stijl, El Lissitzky, Expressionism, Gegenstand, Hans Richter, Ilia Ehrenburg, Ilya Ehrenburg, internationalism, Marcel Janco, Novembergruppe, Objet, Theo van Doesburg, translation, Veshch, Viking Eggeling

Lajos Kassák’s, Sándor Barta’s, János Mácza’s, Endre Gáspár’s, László Moholy-Nagy’s, Ernő Kállai’s, Jolán Simon’s, Lajos Kudlák’s, and Erzsébet Ujvári’s “The Stand Taken by the Vienna MA Group Toward the First Düsseldorf Congress of Progressive Artists” (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: art exhibition, art movements, avant garde art, avant-garde architecture, Endre Gáspár, Erno Kallai, Erzsébet Ujvári, international congress, internationalism, János Mácza, Jolán Simon, Lajos Kassak, Lajos Kudlák, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, modernism, Sándor Barta, translation

Henryk Berlewi’s “The International Exhibition in Düsseldorf” (1922)

• October 22, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Constructivism, De Stijl, Dusseldorf, Henryk Berlewi, International Exhibition, internationalism, Kazimir Malevich, modern art, Russian avant-garde, Theo van Doesburg, translation, Vladimir Tatlin

Willi Baumeister’s, Adolf Behne’s, Max Burchartz’s, Will Grohmann’s, Wassily Kandinsky’s, Lajos Kassák’s, László Moholy-Nagy’s, Piet Mondrian’s, and Georg Muche’s “Debate on Ernő Kállai’s Article ‘Painting and Photography’” (1927)

• October 21, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in art, Bauhaus, De Stijl, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: Adolf Behne, facture, Georg Muche, internationalism, Lajos Kassak, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Max Burchartz, painting, photography, Piet Mondrian, theory of art, translation, Wassily Kandinsky, Will Grohmann, Willi Baumeister

Tadeusz Peiper’s “At the Bauhaus” (1927)

• October 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in architecture, art, Bauhaus, functionalism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: abstract art, aesthetics, functionalism, internationalism, Kazimir Malevich, Lissitzky, Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe, Tadeusz Peiper, translation, Walter Gropius

Theo van Doesburg’s “Elemental Formation” (1923)

• October 20, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, modernism
Tags: architecture, art, avant-garde, Elementarism, G, internationalism, modernism, Theo van Doesburg, translation

Karel Teige’s “Constructivism and the Liquidation of ‘Art’” (1925)

• October 20, 2010 • 3 Comments

Posted in architecture, art, functionalism, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: anti-art, architectural theory, art theory, Constructivism, Czech modernism, functionality, internationalism, Karel Teige, translation, utility

Hannes Meyer’s “Construction, Construction Workers, and Technicians in the Soviet Union” (1931)

• October 20, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, Bauhaus, modernism, Russian avant-garde
Tags: architecture, Bauhaus, Hannes Meyer, internationalism, modernism, socialism, Soviet Union, translation

“De Stijl 1917-1922 and Its Movement in: Painting — Architecture — Sculpture — Monumental Art — Music — Literature — Anti-Philosophy — Mechanism — Objects-Dance” (1922)

• October 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in architecture, art, De Stijl, modernism
Tags: 1922, architecture, art, collectivism, De Stijl, Dutch modernism, internationalism, modernism

De Stijl Group, “Manifesto III: Towards a New World Plasticism”

• October 18, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in architecture, art, modernism
Tags: 1921, De Stijl, Dutch modernism, internationalism, manifesto, modernism, plasticism

Modernist Architecture

Moisei Ginzburg’s “Results and Prospects” (1927)

CIAM’s “The Athens Charter” (1933)

Walter Gropius’ “Houses, Walk-ups or High-rise Apartment Blocks?” (1931)

The Editors of Blok’s “What Constructivism Is” (1924)

Mieczysław Szczuka’s “An Attempt to Explain the Misunderstanding Related to the Public’s Attitude to New Art” (1924)

Henryk Stazewski’s “Untitled Statements on Suprematism and Painting” (1924)

Hans Richter’s “Toward Constructivism” (1924)

Mart Stam’s “Makeyekvka” (1932)

Lajos Kassák’s “To the Artists of All Nations!” (1920)

David Shterenberg’s “Foreword” to the Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Russian Art, Van Diemen Gallery, Berlin (1922)

Branko Ve Poljanski’s “Through the Russian Exhibition” (1923)

Adolf Behne’s “On the Russian Exhibition” (1922)

Paul Westheim’s “The Exhibition of Russian Artists” (1922)

De Stijl, “A Short Review of the Proceedings [of the Congress of International Progressive Artists], Followed by the Statements Made by the Artists’ Groups” (1922)

Lajos Kassák’s, Sándor Barta’s, János Mácza’s, Endre Gáspár’s, László Moholy-Nagy’s, Ernő Kállai’s, Jolán Simon’s, Lajos Kudlák’s, and Erzsébet Ujvári’s “The Stand Taken by the Vienna MA Group Toward the First Düsseldorf Congress of Progressive Artists” (1922)

Henryk Berlewi’s “The International Exhibition in Düsseldorf” (1922)

Willi Baumeister’s, Adolf Behne’s, Max Burchartz’s, Will Grohmann’s, Wassily Kandinsky’s, Lajos Kassák’s, László Moholy-Nagy’s, Piet Mondrian’s, and Georg Muche’s “Debate on Ernő Kállai’s Article ‘Painting and Photography’” (1927)

Tadeusz Peiper’s “At the Bauhaus” (1927)

Theo van Doesburg’s “Elemental Formation” (1923)

Karel Teige’s “Constructivism and the Liquidation of ‘Art’” (1925)

Hannes Meyer’s “Construction, Construction Workers, and Technicians in the Soviet Union” (1931)

“De Stijl 1917-1922 and Its Movement in: Painting — Architecture — Sculpture — Monumental Art — Music — Literature — Anti-Philosophy — Mechanism — Objects-Dance” (1922)

De Stijl Group, “Manifesto III: Towards a New World Plasticism”

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