Describe Russian Constructivism and give an example

What will be an ideal response?

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. It was a movement in the post-revolutionary Soviet state that wanted to unite art and everyday life through mass production and industry.
2. The artists employed nonobjective formal elements in functional ways.
3. An example is El Lissitzky's poster Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, which presents the "Red" Bolshevik cause as an aggressive red triangle attacking a defensive and static "White" Russian circle.
4. Lissitzky's poster has propagandistic aims, which allude to aggressive action from the left.

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The musical is a genre generally regarded as originating in England

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Musical evidence suggests that the habanera also moved south to Argentina where it was the rhythmic

basis of the:

a. rumba b. tango c. cha-cha-cha d. mambo

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