WE HAVE NOW DECIDED THAT THE THEME FOR THE FILM WOULD BE ARCHITECTURE AS WE WANT TO KEEP IT SPECIFIC SO IT IS EASIER TO GET ACROSS. WE DECIDED ON MAKING A CHRYSLER BUILDING OUT OF BOXES TO USE IN THE PRESENTATION. THE CHRYSLER BUILDING WAS USED AS IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST WELL KNOWN ART DECO BUILDING CREATED IN THE 20'S. I WAS NOT SURE ON THIS IDEA, I WONDERED HOW MUCH INFORMATION COULD BE PRESENTED IN A SILENT MOVIE, AND IM QUITE RESERVED ABOUT DOING THIS SORT OF THING IN FRONT OF SO MANY PEOPLE. HOWEVER NOW WE HAVE DISCUSSED WHAT THE IDEA WILL BE I THINK IT MAY JUST WORK. I HAVE ALSO BECOME THE "TECHNICIAN" WHICH MEANS I WILL BE TIMING THE SHOW AND CONTROLING THE MUSIC, AND SLIDESHOW.

Group Part of the Project

WE HAVE NOW BEEN PUT INTO OUR GROUPS FOR THE GROUP PART OF THE PROJECT. WE SAT IN OUR GROUP EXCHANGED PHONE NUMBERS AND DISCUSSED IDEAS, WE PRETTY MUCH HAD THE IDEA BY THE END OF THE FIRST DAY BUT IT NEEDED REFINING. THE IDEA WAS TO ACT OUT A SILENT MOVIE THIS WAS GENERALLY BECAUSE NONE OF US WANTED TO TALK. THE REASON THIS IDEA WAS DEVELOPED WAS BECAUSE THE 1920'S WAS A SIGNIFICANT TIME FOR FILMS, AND THEY CONTINUED TO BE SILENT UNTIL 1929. THE SUBJECT FOR THE FILM WAS YET TO BE DECIDED.

THE MOST POPULAR POSTERS DURING THIS TIME HAVE BEEN THE POSTERS CREATED FOR THE LONDON TRANSPORT SYSTEM HOWEVER IT SEEMS THAT IN THE 1920'S ADVERTISING POSTERS WERE GROWING IN POPULARITY AND MANY OF THE ARTISTS BECAME POPULAR FOR CREATING THESE PARTICULAR POSTERS

Edward Mcknight Kauffer

Edward Mcknight Kauffer is probably best known for the 140 posters that he produced for London Underground, and later London Transport. The posters span many styles: many show abstract influences, including futurism, cubism, and vorticism; others evoke impressionist influences such as Japanese woodcuts. He was an American born artist who was very popular in the UK producing posters, book covers and other forms of design including interior design

PIET ZWART

Piet Zwart was a Dutch photographer, typographer, and industrial designer who started his career as an Architect. Zwart used the basic principles of constructivism and "De Stijl" in his commercial work. His work can be recognized by its primary colors, geometrical shapes, repeated word patterns and an early use of photomontage. He was a pioneer of modern typography as he made the decision to overlook the rules of traditional typography. I have seen his work on numerous occasions as im sure most other graphic designers have.

EL LISSITZKY

El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect who has played a key role in the direction that graphic design has taken over the years. His work greatly influenced the Bauhaus and constructivist movements both of which I take interest in. He taught from the age of 15 and continued to do so for the rest of his life. He is best known for his graphic design and typography which at the time was new, modern and different.

AM CASSANDRE

AM Cassandre was a Ukrainian-French painter, commercial poster artist, and typeface designer who has produced some of the best Graphic Design that exists. He is known worldwide for his poster and type designs. His popular advertising posters enabled him to get a job working in a printing house. Inspired by cubism as well as surrealism, he earned a reputation with works such as Bûcheron (Woodcutter), a poster created for a cabinetmaker that won first prize at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs. He became very popular and opened his own advertising agency with partners producing work for a wide variety of clientele for a range of purposes.

THE TOPIC THAT I DECIDED TO USE WAS POSTERS AS MANY OF THE ARTISTS FAMOUS FOR THE POSTERS DURING THIS TIME HAVE COME TO MY ATTENTION BEFORE AS THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST DESIGNERS TO THIS DAY

CHOOSING TOPIC

I HAVE LIMITED THE TOPICS DOWN TO JUST THREE POSTERS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE AS I WOULD FIND THESE MOST THE MOST INTERESTING AND I THINK THAT THEY RELATE TO THE ART MOVEMENTS OF THE 1920'S

ARTISTS WHO HAVE LINKS TO SURREALISM AROUND THE 1920'S

• JOAN MIRO
• MAX ERNST
• PICASSO
• GIORGIO DE CHIRLCO
• WASSILY KANDINSKY
  
• YVES TANGUY
  

ARTISTS LINKED TO PHOTOGRAPHY AROUND THE 1920'S

• ANSEL ADAMS
• EDWARD WESTON
• MAN RAY
• ROBERT DOISNEAU
• BRASSA
• CARTIER BRESSON
• JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
• EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE
• ALVIN LANGDON COBURN
• ALFRED STIEGLITZ
• JH LARTIGUE
• LASZLO MOHOLY-NAGY
• BILL BRANDT
• EVE ARNOLD
  

ARTISTS WITH LINKS TO ARCHITECTURE AROUND THE 1920'S

• WILLAM VAN ALEN
• LE CORBUSIER
• BERTHOLD LUBETKIN
• FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
• CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH
• ANTONI GAUDI
• EDWARD LUTYENS
• CHARLES VOYSEY
  

ALL OF THESE ARTISTS ARE LINKED TO GRAPHIC DESIGN AROUND THE 1920S

• AM CASSANDRE
• EL LISSITZKY
• PIET ZWART
• RAYMOND LOEWY
• JOCK KINNEAR
• HERBERT SPENCE
• ARCHIBALD KNOX
• EDWARD JOHNSON
• ALFONS MUCHA
• HERBERT BAYER
• DOROTHY DIX
• EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER
• MAN RAY
• SALVADOR DALI

SURREALISM

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and humour; however many Surrealist artists and writers regard their work as an expression of the philosophical movement first and foremost, with the works being an artifact.

"Leader Andr'e Breton was explicit in his assertion that Surrealism was above all a revolutionary movement".

Surrealism developed out of the Dada activities of World War I and the most important center of the movement was Paris. From the 1920s on, the movement spread around the globe, eventually affecting the visual arts, literature, film, and music, of many countries and languages, as well as political thought and practice, and philosophy and social theory.

THIS IMAGE WAS PRODUCED BY MAX ERNST IN 1921 AND IS NAMED THE ELEPHANT CELEBES