Session 4 : Revolution and early modernism

Velocity of cars and light by Giacomo Balla

Battleship Potemkin by the Stenburg brothers

The Velocity of cars and light is an abstract oil painting from 1913 in Italy, painted by Giacomo Balla. He created a geometric and monochromatic pattern using browns to adhere to the art movement, Futurism. Futurism used elements of neo-impressionism and cubism to generate compositions that conveyed the idea of dynamism.
​The Battleship Potemkin poster is considered to be one of the greatest movie posters of all time. The use of bold primary colours along side the perspective and geometry used in this poster presents an impressive graphic effect.
Both posters use geometry to create the visual effects shown in the artwork, each in a different way to the other.