This group of research was much more centered on specific
art movements and was around a period of 100 years. I researched things like
Bauhaus, Constructivism, Dadaism, and Swiss Graphic design. Within these I
learnt and talked about certain leading figures in a movement. This led me to
understand what these movements were about and where and how they originated.
I first began research into art movements with Swiss graphic
design, and looked at the work of Josef Muller Brockman, Herbert Matter and Jan
Tschichold. Their work was based more around simplicity and readability, and
added shapes as elements in their work. I think their use of colour as quite
influential too; they often used contrasting colours which were very effective
and made their work much easier to read, which led to a rise in popularity of
Swiss graphic design. They used bright and vivid colours to catch your eye and
would stand out anywhere, which also gave them more popularity. It was
certainly very interesting to learn about who they were and what they did.
I also looked a bit into Constructivism and researched El
Lissitzky. I liked his work and how he used many random shapes in his designs
to create great pieces of work. His work was quite complex and I liked how the
3D work of his inspired many designers in the 20th century. The work
he did was not seen by many people at that time, and was seen as very
innovative and new. His work was very eye-catching and stood out from the
crowd.
The Bauhaus movement was a very interesting movement and was
one of the 20th centuries shaping movements. There were many
different designs of the Bauhaus movement, and each of them was as inspiring as
the next.
Dadaism was the easiest I found to
research, as it was much more my style of work. Even though there were
paintings in my research, I really liked the shapes they created and is a very
early example of low poly style. I researched artists named Max Ernst, Marcel
Duchamp and Francis Picabia. This was my favourite movement from all the groups
of Period 2 as most of the creations were shapes incorporated into designs and
painting that looked very modern, yet they were created ages ago.
I found this period easier than
the last, mainly because it was more recent and was only in the past 100 years,
rather than Period 1, which was hundreds of years ago and did not relate well
with me.
