Designs of Bashkir National Newspapers, Books, Posters and Other Printed Matter, 1920s – Early 1930s: The Impact of Constructivism Revisited
Introduction. The article discusses the features of Bashkiria’s printed matter as of the 1920s–1930s through the lens of typographics and artistic design. Goals. The work analyzes design patterns, features of font compositions, and identifies the influence of Constructivism on the shaping of thei...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Российской академии наук, Калмыцкий научный центр
2021-07-01
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| Series: | Oriental Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://kigiran.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/2994/2514 |
| Summary: | Introduction. The article discusses the features of Bashkiria’s printed matter as of
the 1920s–1930s through the lens of typographics and artistic design. Goals. The work analyzes
design patterns, features of font compositions, and identifies the influence of Constructivism on
the shaping of their stylistic essentials through specific examples of book covers, magazines, and
posters published in the 1920s–1930s in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The authors show how the
synthesis of European trends and national traditions of Arabic writing determined the originality of
the then Bashkortostan’s graphic designs. Results. The article shows how the ornamental character of
Arabic script was transformed into dynamic compositions of covers and title pages characteristic of
Constructivism. Conclusions. Nowadays, the public are again trying to outline ways to develop the
national book art. Therefore, the experience and traditions from the printing art of early 20th-century
Arabic and Cyrillic editions are again in demand. Nobody doubts the significance and greatness of
the national cultural heritage, the need to develop it, the need to understand what happened through
the prism of national consciousness. The appeals to artistic and aesthetic ideas, creative experiments
of the Russian hinterland, traditions that existed in other republics and peoples at the beginning of
the 20th century do enrich the history of domestic graphic design. All these together serve sources of
inspiration for contemporary art experts, book artists and design practitioners. |
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| ISSN: | 2619-0990 2619-1008 |