Week 2 Posts
During the period of time around the Russian Revolution, avant-garde art flourished. Lyubov Popova became known as one of the most important artists of the period. Popova was born to a cultured family in 1889. She studied at several prestigious Russian schools of art while in her late teens and early twenties. Around 1910, she […]
Read moreRussian futurism emerged in 1912 primarily around the appreciation of modernity and human technological achievement. The futurists looked to the bustling commotion of growing cities, their rising skylines and chaotic sprawls for inspiration. Most of the work that came out of the futurist school captured in some ways both the literal movement of urban life and the movement of mankind, […]
Read moreThe Bolshevik (1919-1920), Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev was no stranger to hardship. At a young age, his father passed away …
This week’s blogpost is about a Russian futurism. This idea and style of both art and literary work had a very prominent Russian figure named Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky. The idealism behind this was to get rid of the normal traditional ways of Russian life, and to embrace industrialism and change within their society. Russian futurists liked […]
The Russian avant-garde was a movement during the Soviet Union from the period of 1890-1930. While this movement doesn’t correspond with any particular style, there were many sub-movements under the Russian avant-garde era that took on their own unique…
Read moreOrder Number 1 issued by the Petrograd Soviet is interesting to me because of its impact in bringing the military onto the Soviets side. The soldiers were generally drawn from the peasant population and not treated particularly well by their officers. There was a breakdown in discipline in the ranks and the soldiers helped participate … Continue reading Soviet Order Number 1
The Pinkerton detective agency has been in existence since the mid 1800s. Allan Pinkerton started the agency after moving to the United States from Scotland in 1842. His goal was to create the largest detective agency in the world, and his wild success reached a paradigm in the early 1890s, when the agency employed a […]
With the Revolution of 1917, the culture of Russia began a transformation towards a theme of communism thanks to the victory of the Bolsheviks. With the rise of communism came a rise in the power of the state and their ability to control various aspects of life, including culture. One might believe that under a … Continue reading →
Read moreIn the footsteps of a giant the Russian people follow, the not so silent majority rises. The man who brought this scene to canvas was Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev, a man who had grown up poor and fell in with the Soviet ideals. As a young man he worked along other painters, one of which being […]
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Have you volunteered? Russian artist Dimitri Moore poses this question in the form of the featured poster. created during the early 20th century when the Russian Red Guard became the soviet army. It was July in the year 1918, a new document had been passed by the Russian government. Influenced by Lenin, the Constitution […]
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