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Knave of Diamonds
Knave of Diamonds or Jack of Diamonds (Bubnovyi Valet). An artists' association, formed in Moscow in 1910, that was for a time the most important of the avant-garde associations in Russia. There are various explanations of how the name came about, one being that it refers to the diamond markings on the uniforms of civil prisoners; the artists involved thus wanted to indicate that they were revolutionaries. The group's first exhibition, in December 1910, featured work by Goncharova, Larionov, and Malevich, the expatriate Russians Jawlensky and Kandinsky, and the French Cubists Gleizes and Le Fauconnier. In 1911 Goncharova, Larionov, and Malevich broke away from the group, accusing it of being too dominated by the ‘cheap orientalism of the Paris School’ and the ‘Munich decadence', and founded their own association, the Donkey's Tail, to promote an art based on native inspiration. The Knave of Diamonds held regular exhibitions up to 1917, then broke up; it reappeared after the Revolution and continued for some time under various different names.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-KnaveofDiamonds.html IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-KnaveofDiamonds.html |
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Knave of Diamonds
Knave of Diamonds (or Jack of Diamonds). An artists' association, formed in Moscow in 1910, that was for a time the most important of the avant-garde groups in Russia. There are various explanations of how the name came about, one being that it refers to the diamond markings on the uniforms of civil prisoners; the artists involved thus wanted to indicate that they were revolutionaries. In 1911 Goncharova and Larionov broke away from the group, accusing it of being too dominated by the ‘cheap orientalism of the Paris School’ and the ‘Munich decadence’, and founded their own association, the Donkey's Tail, to promote an art based on native inspiration. The Knave of Diamonds held regular exhibitions up to 1917, then broke up.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-KnaveofDiamonds.html IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-KnaveofDiamonds.html |
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Knave of Diamonds
Knave of Diamonds or Jack of Diamonds. An artists' association, formed in Moscow in 1910, that was for a time the most important of the avant-garde groups in Russia. There are various explanations of how the name came about, one being that it refers to the diamond markings on the uniforms of civil prisoners; the artists involved thus wanted to indicate that they were revolutionaries. In 1911 Goncharova and Larionov broke away from the group, accusing it of being too dominated by the ‘cheap orientalism of the Paris School’ and the ‘Munich decadence’, and founded their own association, the Donkey's Tail, to promote an art based on native inspiration. The Knave of Diamonds held regular exhibitions up to 1917, then broke up.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-KnaveofDiamonds.html IAN CHILVERS. "Knave of Diamonds." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-KnaveofDiamonds.html |
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