THE STENBERG BROTHERS

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THE STENBERG BROTHERS
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Bio

• The Stenberg brothers were born in Moscow,
  Russia.
  
• Vladimir Augustovich was born on 1899
• His brother Georgii was born in 1900

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The Stenberg brothers attended The Stroganov
School of Art between the years of 1917 and 1922.
EDUCATION

• They also became members of The Society of Young
  Artist

• In 1921 the brothers formed a faction within the
• Institute of Artistic Culture

• 1922 they wrote the Manifesto The constructivist
  
  
• Address the World.

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THE BOND

• The Stenberg brothers were inseparable in all
  aspects
  
• of their life.

• Vladimir was held back in second grade where he
  joined his brother Georgii academically.

• They remained close until Georgiis death in 1933

• The Stenberg brothers history as a collective
  team began in 1923 when they started signing
  their work 2 Stenberg 2.

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Political Changes in the Soviet Union

• Bolshevik Revolution - 1917
• Social and economic upheaval
• Alliance of workers and peasants
• Stalinist purges - 1934
• Josef Stalin proclaimed the end of experimental
  art and announced Socialist Realism the new
  official style
  
• The end of the careers of many in the
  avant-garde

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The Bolshevik Revolution was also known as the
October Revolution of 1917

• Bolshevik
• A member of the left-wing majority group of the
  Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that
  adopted Lenin's theses on party organization in
  1903.
• b. A member of the Russian Social Democratic
  Workers' Party that seized power in that country
  in November 1917.
  
• c. A member of a Marxist-Leninist party or a
  supporter of one a Communist.

October Stenberg Brothers
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A Revolution in the Arts

• With the building of a new society, the artist
  was now known as the engineer or
  constructor
  
• Believed art should be integrated into everyday
  life
  
• Value of art now lay in its usefulness to the
  community
  
• Stenberg brothers worked collectively rather
  than individually reflecting the idealism of the
  new society proposed by the Bolsheviks
  
• The countrys high illiteracy forced the theater
  and cinema to gain more power in helping the
  masses understand the new social order
  
• Bolsheviks idealized the machine which
  illustrated their desire to achieve a utopian
  society through technology
  
• Artists works reflected the mass
  industrialization of the new Soviet Union
  

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Works of the Stenberg Brothers
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Style

• Posters Created simultaneously
• Signed each poster 2 Stenberg 2
• Constant use of the Photomontage technique with
  drawings
  
• Random shapes used strictly for aesthetic
  purposes
  
• A Consistent theme in Stenberg movie posters was
  to create and capture the overall mood of the
  film
  
• Figures in posters constantly in motion. Do not
  appear static.
  
• Big, bold Sans-serif typeface
• Constant motif of skyscrapers machines
• Wide variety of colors used

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Innovations

• The Stenbergs Developed a new kind of projector
• Accurate distortions of photographs
• The extreme closeup
• Use of black ink as a background
• Movie theater feel

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• Fin