montage

montage-

Who- Eisenstein, vertov, maybe triumph of the will and olympia but not sure by Leni Riefenstahl

What - theory : The juxtaposition of images (the dialectic) creates a new image (synthesis) that reveals “reality” in the mind of the spectator and The spectator should not be able to choose an interpretation; rather, film should create the “correct” interpretation in the spectator through affect. MODERNIST AESTHETICS.

When - 1920s-1930s

Where - originated in Russia

Why- battleship potemkin (1925, eisenstein)(movie showed in class that the montage creates the illusion that the massacre is taking place without ever directly showing violence) Man with the movie camera (1929, vertov). End of the montage with : Increasing attacks on Constructivism, with the Central Committee decree, “Reorganization of Literary and Art Institutions” (1932), the Party assumes control of all artistic activity, and with Social Realism moves to the fore as the designated aesthetic of the revolution (vs. “Formalism”) – task is to promote socialism, communism and the proletariat through realism Also goes along with constructivism with the fact that the artist is the creator of socially useful and revolutionary art. New art for a new society.