Iconographic Influences on Russian Avant-Garde Art

Presenter Information

Dasha Person, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Location

CSU 255

Start Date

10-4-2018 11:05 AM

End Date

10-4-2018 12:05 PM

Student's Major

Art

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Curt Germundson

Mentor's Department

Art

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

At the “Zero Ten” gallery of 1915, a Black Square hung in the top corner of two joining walls accompanied by a 39 related abstract images. Traditionally, an icon of Crist or the Virgin Mary would hang in the top corner of the ceiling along accompanied by a small alter was in orthodox Russians homes. Malevich's work shook the art world by stating that abstraction would be the new icon. At the beginning of 20th century, many Russian painters, poets, and philosophers looked back on their Old Russian roots, both traditional and theological. Russian icons offered inspiration for artists to break away from linear perspective and realism offered by the Renaissance. This allowed for color, expansion of understanding of geometric manipulations and form, and perspective to fit the eternal meaning of an image, leading Russian avant-garde artists to develop a unique approach to abstraction.