For the Voice Pl.13
1923
El Lissitzky turned poetry into a visual shout with this 1923 design for Vladimir Mayakovsky's revolutionary poem 'The Third International.' A massive red Cyrillic 'T' dominates the page, acting as a structural pillar for the title which cascades around it in a dynamic, diagonal march. This page comes from the book 'For the Voice,' a groundbreaking collection of revolutionary poetry where Lissitzky used bold typography and geometric shapes to make the text leap off the page. It's a perfect example of Constructivism, where art wasn't just for looking at, but was a tool for building a new socialist world.
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