Polandball Comics#3

Well, here's another edition of the Polandball comics that are found all over the Internet. This time, the awesome crew of Polandball will show you a humourous side to the Vatican Conclave which elected Pope Francis I. Enjoy!

 

Polandball Comics#2

Here is another Polandball comic that I found interesting and hilarious. Polandball comics usually make fun of current and past geopolitical scenarios, this comic is no exception showing the history of Europe with adorable country balls.

Constructivist Art and Architecture

After watching a couple of the BBC's Art Of Russia episodes, I decided that one topic that would be interesting to delve into would be the art and the architecture of the early Soviet Union. This period is known as the Constructivist era. Much of the art and architecture of the period coincided with the revolutionary ideas that were sweeping the country. Constructivism was to be the new face of the revolution in artistic terms.

The poster above is one of the many examples of Constructivist posters and art that dominated the 1920's in Soviet Russia, right before the nightmare of the Stalinist regime. Constructivism itself began to emit some form of light after the chaos of the First World War and evolved from the abstractness of the Suprematist Art Style, one of its famous examples is the Black Square by Kazimir Malevich. Constructivism also began to be known as the art in service of the revolution. A few of its famous adherents were Aleksander Rodchenkno and Sergei Eisenstein. Constructivism also had an effect on the architectural landscape of the USSR, making this movement at the forefront of modern art.

The picture above shows one of the buildings built from this era, The Zuev Worker's Club, This modern looking building had all of the characteristics of the Constructivist Era. If one were to look at it, one could mistake it for a building that was built relatively recently in the 21st century, but this was built in 1926, right at the heart of the New Economic Policy Era of the Soviet Union. The movement influenced other art styles such as Bauhaus and De Stijl. It unfortunately had slowly begun to die out as Stalin took the helm of the country replacing the vibrant Constructivist architecture with the imposing style of neoclassical architecture which he championed.

Polandball Comic#1

Well, every few days I'll be surfing the Internet for Polandball comics and share them in this blog. If you don't know what Polandball is, then let me explain. Polandball is a meme that uses balls to personify countries. You will know which country is which due to that their flags are in the ball as well. The star of many of these comics is Polandball, a ball signifying Poland, but other countries star in their own comics such as this one.