Carl Wilhelm Richard Hülsenbeck Dada founder
By Prof. Francesco Carelli Huelsenbeck was a medical student on the eve of World War I. He was invalided out of the army and emigrated to Zürich, Switzerland in February 1916, where he fell in with the Cabaret Voltaire.
Cassandre, posters advertising travels
By Prof. Francesco Carelli Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron [1] (24 January 1901 – 17 June 1968 ) was born Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron in Kharkiv, Ukraine to French parents. As a young man, In Paris, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the…
War’s shocking events
By Prof. Francesco Carelli Vladimir Tatlin (28 December 1885 – 31 May 1953 ) was a Russian and Soviet painter, architect and stage-designer. Tatlin achieved fame as the architect who designed The Monument to the Third International, more commonly known as Tatlin’s Tower, which he began…
Gustav Klutsis and his agitprop kiosks
By Prof. Francesco Carelli Gustav Klutsis ( 4 January 1895 – 26 February 1938 ) was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. He is known for the Soviet revolutionary and Stalinist propaganda he produced with…
Malevich, hero with mannequins
by Prof. Francesco Carelli – University of Milan, Rome Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) was a radical, mysterious and hugely influential figure in modern art. He lived and worked through one of the most turbulent periods in twentieth century history.
MARIO SIRONI
A lesson of tragedy and greatness
El Lissitzky – Explained Suprematism and Contructivism to Europe and around the World
By Francesco Carelli – Professor Family Medicine in Milan, Rome “I have never been sparing of my energy in my life. Now I’ve arrived at the limit, and now I know how one should create pictures that are “fine”, “strong”, “dynamic”. An enigma must once…
The constructivist way of learning
By Prof. Francesco Carelli – Professor University of Milan and Campus Biomedico Rome Constructivism represents a shift from education based on behaviorism to education based on cognitive theory.
TULLIO CRALI – A FUTURIST LIFE
Francesco Carelli, University of Milan For Tullio Crali (1910-2000) Futurism was not just a school of painting but an attitude to life itself.
New alphabestism and schools system
Francesco Carelli , University of Milan – Courses Organiser and Evaluator In the first survey in Milan ( city / town ) Cariplo Fundation found 14.000 students having no access to devices and connections in everyday life.