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RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT

Volume: 5 Number: 9 December 17, 2021
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RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT

Abstract

Current research paper explores the fleeting Russian avant-garde artistic movement of the first half of the 20th century known as Rayonism (Rayism or Luchizm). Comparative formalist and conceptual analyses with its contemporary movements and predecessors (Cubo-Futurism, Orphism, Cubism, Futurism) are chosen as the main methods of research as permitting some clarity based on the objectively observable elements while remaining aware of ideological connotations. The article opens up with the introduction of the movement and then proceeds with comparative analyses infused with relevant elements of historical and ideological context highlighting evident similarities and distinct unique features of Rayonism as art and idea. The article is concluded with discussion of possible reasons for the (inevitable) decline of the movement (trauma of the main artists, lack of provocative edge) as well as its conceptual weaknesses (lack of genuine innovation). Its role in the greater context of the artistic world evolution is attributed to the reconceptualization of the role of artist as scientist and providing a shift from objective representation towards pure abstraction.

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Thanks

Devoted to my dear wife Svetlana Pushkin and my son Sergey Pushkin.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

December 17, 2021

Submission Date

August 25, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 4, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 5 Number: 9

APA
Puşkin, M. (2021). RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT. İmgelem, 5(9), 313-327. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.986881
AMA
1.Puşkin M. RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT. İMGELEM. 2021;5(9):313-327. doi:10.53791/imgelem.986881
Chicago
Puşkin, Mikail. 2021. “RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT”. İmgelem 5 (9): 313-27. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.986881.
EndNote
Puşkin M (December 1, 2021) RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT. İmgelem 5 9 313–327.
IEEE
[1]M. Puşkin, “RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT”, İMGELEM, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 313–327, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.53791/imgelem.986881.
ISNAD
Puşkin, Mikail. “RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT”. İmgelem 5/9 (December 1, 2021): 313-327. https://doi.org/10.53791/imgelem.986881.
JAMA
1.Puşkin M. RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT. İMGELEM. 2021;5:313–327.
MLA
Puşkin, Mikail. “RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT”. İmgelem, vol. 5, no. 9, Dec. 2021, pp. 313-27, doi:10.53791/imgelem.986881.
Vancouver
1.Mikail Puşkin. RAYONISM IN EARLY MODERN ART – A FLEETING RAY OF LIGHT. İMGELEM. 2021 Dec. 1;5(9):313-27. doi:10.53791/imgelem.986881