Constructivistic Grounds in "Laszlo Moholy Nagy"`s Work (Hungrian Painter, Designer, Photographer, Sculptor, Film maker, teacher and Writer)

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"Laszlo Moholy Nagy" is one of the Famous and well-known artists of 20th Century Which has significant art works in a variety of art fields. At first he Completed his education in law then engaged in learning art and chose "Constructivism" as his art style. This research which is a Comparative-Causual one has been done by referring to valid reference books on art and also some valid graphic sites and analyzing the data obtained from them.This artist has many art works in the fields of letter design, photography, painting, sculpture, film making and etc. which despite of their different nature and field- presented in the text of the article- a basic and dominant similarity is seen among them as a whole. It canbe said that by creating a work another one is created from it and by inspiring from it influenced by "Constructivistic" style. Considering the studies conducted, We can suggest that initial education of this artist in Law -a field with an orderly and organized nature- is most likely not without relation ship with choosing "Constructivism" -an style with similar Characteristics- as the dominant style in his art works. The subject of this research is finding the grounds of his tendency to Constructivism. With a closer look at this artist's life, it seems that at first his personal and spiritual characteristics led to his selection of law for study and considering the nature of this field which was "Nagy's" field of study before his engagement in painting, it has likely played a major role in organizing his orderly and regular manner through a mutual effects which these reason-based qualities and the art study Constructivism are comparable to some degree. Therefore perhaps the earlier education of "Moholy Nagy" has had some effects in his tendency to Constructivism in the art world. Works presented in this text are completely in harmony with Constructivistic qualities and keeping modernist functionalism, free from including details in them. These characteristics are attainable by dominance of reasonable order in accordance with culture and society surrounding the artist and emerge in the context of the harmony of all conditions which the modern civilization period canbe thought as overcoming of the reason-based aspect. On the other hand many various visual words in the field of latter design, photography and photogram, volume and painting have been created by this artist that in addition to the fact that they have completed on the basis of different art platforms, but are completely similar in terms of structure and configuration. This canbe on the basis of the Constructivistic philosophy which believes that "every body accept one basis and principle as the rule and logic and select his method on the basis of it". "Moholy Nagy", on the basis of the same rule, has applied very apparent similarity in some of his words or perhaps because of having that order-seeking and Constructivistic spirit, tendency to creating such works has always been with him.

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