1. Herb Lubalin self portrait favours a clean and simple graphic, a minimalistic approach but very clear in it’s function. This piece is a classic example of American Modernism
2. The Story of Two Squares by El Lissitzky's, 1920 is a powerful demonstration that art could be used as a graphic means of communication. This radical new way of organizing typography on a page and relating it to visual images is a sure sign of Modernism.
3. The unconventional use of typography by Filippo Marinetti, "Montage + Vallate + Strade x Joffre", 1915, produces a uncertain meaning. This piece uses great examples of paradox and other European Modernism themes.
Sorry to not reply sooner! Any of these could be fine thesis statements, although as I mentioned, I would be interested in both how a piece IS modern and how it IS NOT modern. Probably the Herb Lubalin piece is the most interesting of the three because it was done a bit later. Do you think Lubalin was as optimistic as the earlier folks?
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ReplyDeleteThank you Liz. I had chosen the same piece!
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