I've always been a fan of this "Soviet aesthetic". They had a certain appreciation for majestic elegance that I don't think I've seen anywhere else.
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See also their statues
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and their movie posters from the 20s – bold, intense, foreboding, powerful russiatrek.org/blog/art/sovie
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There's a boldness in motion, a simplicity, an aspiration to strength – and also a certain... deconstruction? It's a little bit trippy. Something about the contrasts & angles, a taking-apart of things. It's decisively NOT 'organic'. You can see Ayn Rand in this (she was Russian)
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Ah, apparently this (or something related to this) is called Constructivism. I dig it:
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Space-race era Soviet matchboxes. How cool
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Soviet space art by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, printed in the 1973 postcard set "In the Depths of the Universe."
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a few different angles on the Monument To The Conquerors of Space en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_
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Remind me to DM you a picture of the local bus stop-slash-UFO.