Suprematism was an art movement founded in Russia in 1913 by Kazimir Malevich that focused on basic geometric shapes painted in a limited range of colors. The movement sought to reduce painting to its most basic forms in order to express feeling through abstraction rather than objective representations. Malevich and other artists like Ivan Klyun and Olga Rozanova formed the Suprematist group in 1915 to further develop the concept and style. Suprematism influenced early 20th century architecture through the works of Malevich and other architects exploring non-objective design.

1. SUPREMATISMin ARCHITECTURE

2. Table ofContents
1) Introduction
1) Whatis Suprematism
2) Whostartedit
3) The Concept
2) BriefHistory
1) Beginnings
2) Supermatistgroup
3) ZeroDegree
3) Timeline
4) Architecture
1) Ilja Chashnik
2) KazimirMalevich
3) Theovan Doesburg
4) WalterGropius
5) Le Corbusier
5) References

3. What is Suprematism?
Suprematismwasanartmovement,
focusedonbasic geometric forms,such
ascircles, squares,lines,andrectangles,
paintedin alimited range ofcolours.
Who started it?
It wasfoundedbyKazimir
Malevich in Russia,around
1913
Kazimir Malevich 1915
1) INTRODUCTION

4. THE CONCEPT
“UnderSuprematismIunderstand
the suprimacyofpurefeelingin
creativeart.TotheSuprematist,the
visualphenomenaoftheobjective
worldare,inthemselves,
meaningless;thesignificantthingis
feeling,assuch,quiteapartfromthe
environmentinwhichitiscalled
forth.”
Kazimir Malevich 1927

5. Beginnings
Suprematismwasanartmovement foundedin
Russiaduring theFirst WorldWar.Thefirsthints
ofit emerged in backgroundandcostume
sketchesthatKazimirMalevich designed in 1913
forVictoryOver theSun,a Futuristopera
performedin St.Petersburg.
Suprematist group
In 1915,theRussianartistsKseniya
Boguslavskaya,Ivan Klyun,Mikhail Menkov, Ivan
PuniandOlga Rozanovajoinedwith Kazimir
Malevich toformtheSuprematistgroup.
Kazimir Malevich 1915
2) BRIEFHISTORY

6. Victory Over the Sun, 1983

7. 0,10TheLast Futurist Exhibition of Paintings (1915)

8. ZeroDegree
TheSuprematists'interest in abstractionwas fired
byasearch forthe 'zerodegree' ofpainting,the
pointbeyondwhich the medium couldnotgo
withoutceasing to be art.
The irreducible coreorthe bareminimum of
painting

9. 3) TIMELINE

10. IljaChashnik
4) ARCHITECTURE

11. KazimirMalevich

12. Theo VanDoesburg

13. WalterGropius

14. Le Corbusier

15. 5) REFERENCES
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