About Two Squares

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About Two Squares is a 1920 avant-garde children's book by El Lissitzky that combines abstract geometric forms with a revolutionary narrative, exemplifying early Constructivist design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constructivist work ⓘ
avant-garde work ⓘ
book ⓘ
children's book ⓘ
artStyle Constructivist design ⓘ
author El Lissitzky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russia ⓘ
creator El Lissitzky ⓘ
culturalSignificance milestone of Constructivist book art ⓘ
depicts black square ⓘ
red square ⓘ
features dynamic typography ⓘ
geometric abstraction ⓘ
minimal text ⓘ
format illustrated book ⓘ
genre avant-garde literature ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
hasIllustrator El Lissitzky ⓘ
hasType picture book ⓘ
historicalContext post-Revolutionary Russia ⓘ
influencedBy Russian avant-garde ⓘ
Suprematism ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
intendedFunction didactic ⓘ
propagandistic ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
movement Constructivism ⓘ
narrativeFocus two squares ⓘ
narrativeMode allegorical ⓘ
notableFor early Constructivist book design ⓘ
integration of text and image ⓘ
use of abstract forms in children's literature ⓘ
originalLanguage Russian ⓘ
originalTitle Про два квадрата ⓘ
pageCount short ⓘ
publicationYear 1920 ⓘ
relatedWork For the Voice ⓘ
structure sequence of abstract scenes ⓘ
targetAgeGroup children ⓘ
theme destruction and construction ⓘ
revolutionary change ⓘ
utopian transformation ⓘ
title About Two Squares ⓘ
uses abstract geometric forms ⓘ
visualLanguage bold color contrasts ⓘ
geometric shapes ⓘ

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El Lissitzky → notableWork → About Two Squares ⓘ
About Two Squares → title → About Two Squares ⓘ