The Left Front ( Czech : Levá fronta ) was an organization of left-wing intellectuals in Czechoslovakia , founded in 1929 on the initiative of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia .
19-418: Left Front may refer to: Politics [ edit ] Europe [ edit ] Left Front (Czechoslovakia) (Czech: Levá fronta ), an organization of left-wing intellectuals founded in 1929 Left Front (France) (French: Front de gauche ), a French electoral alliance created for the 2009 European elections Left Front (Russia) (Russian: Левый Фронт ),
38-698: A group in Russia that is critical of Vladimir Putin Left Front (Catalonia) (Catalan: Front d'Esquerres ), an electoral alliance planned ahead of the 1977 Spanish general election India [ edit ] West Bengal [ edit ] Left Front (West Bengal) (Bengali: বামফ্রন্ট Bamfrônṭ ), an alliance of left-wing parties in the Indian state of West Bengal United Left Election Committee , an electoral alliance in West Bengal, India, formed ahead of
57-692: A lot of space to the question of Marxism, particularly from the perspective of the increasingly important struggle against fascism . Dev%C4%9Btsil The Devětsil ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈdɛvjɛtsɪl] ) was an association of Czech avant-garde artists, founded in 1920 in Prague . From 1923 on there was also an active group in Brno . The movement discontinued its activities in 1930 (1927 in Brno). Founded as Umělecký Svaz Devětsil (Devětsil Artistic Union), its name changed several times. From 1925, it
76-578: The 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election United Left Front (1957) , an electoral alliance formed ahead of the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election United Left Front (1962) , an electoral alliance formed ahead of the 1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election United Left Front (1967) , an electoral alliance formed ahead of the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly Election People's United Left Front , an electoral alliance in West Bengal, India, formed in December 1966, ahead of
95-436: The 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Others [ edit ] Left Front (Tripura) , a political alliance in the Indian state of Tripura Left Democratic Manch , a political alliance in the Indian state of Assam Left Democratic Front (Kerala) , a coalition of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India Left Democratic Front (Maharashtra) , a coalition of left-wing political parties in
114-526: The Berlin Dadaists, Seifert claimed “art is dead.” Following him, Teige remarked, “the most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.” Between 1923 and 1925, the picture poem was a popular form among the Devětsil artists. Typography and optical poetry was the new lexical standard. Teige explained this transformation of language into visual art as relating to
133-482: The John Reed Club See also [ edit ] Left Democratic Front (disambiguation) Left Revolutionary Front (disambiguation) United Left Front (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Left Front . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
152-579: The LeF), initiated by Karel Teige and involved prominent architects such as Jaromír Krejcar , Jiří Kroha , Jiří Novotný and others. While the orientation towards poetism , later increasingly accompanied by epic elements, predominated in poetry, the active forces of the architecture section were first influenced by purism (in particular influenced by Le Corbusier ), to later become protagonists of functionalism and above all of constructivism . In its programmatic statement, Levá fronta described its goals, which
171-592: The group. Like any good theorist, Teige was always ready to change his ideas and sometimes moved from one aesthetic to an opposite one. The group formulated a movement that they called Poetism. The long echoed cry, “make it new,” was vital to the Poetists way of thinking. The Devětsil members were surrounded by the new in science, architecture and industry. Even their country was new. In order for art to survive, or at least in order to be worthwhile, it had to constantly be ahead of other changes in life. The Poetists advocated
190-429: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Left_Front&oldid=1235371983 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Political party disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Left Front (Czechoslovakia) Formed in 1930, which saw itself as
209-412: The law of antagonism. This law explains historical progress as reliant on discontinuity. New types and styles of art are continuously necessary for development and vital to these changes are conditions of contradiction. The first manifesto of Devětsil urged new artists to look deeper into ordinary objects for poetic quality. Skyscrapers, airplanes, mimes, and poster lettering were the new arts. Inspired by
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#1732765578311228-500: The literary section, which was probably the most important, included doctors, philosophers, sociologists and economists. In 1931, Filmová a fotografická skupina (Film-Foto Group, also known as "fi-fo") was formed, prompted by film historian Lubomír Linhart who became its spokesman. The architects who founded their own section were particularly active – Architonická sekce Levé fronty (AsLeF, the Architectural Section of
247-527: The most part, Devětsil artists produced poetry and illustration, but they also made contributions to many other art forms, including sculpture, film and even calligraphy . For about two years Devětsil functioned without any particular theoretical grounding, but as the members changed and those that remained developed and modified their style, it was decided, particularly by Karel Teige, that they begin formulating theories behind their activity. Most of these theories were to be spread through manifestos published by
266-640: The newly found organisation became Zdeněk Nejedlý in 1932. The chosen name Levá fronta was a reference to the LEF in the Soviet Union. The group was founded relatively quickly in other cities, first in Brno initiated by Jindřich Honzl and E. F. Burian; other local clubs emerged in 1931 in Boskovice, Žilina, Užhorod, Hradec králové and Ostrava. Working sections soon emerged, specializing in various fields:
285-612: The organization ceased to exist in 1938. Its eponymous journal Levá fronta , were among the best-known and driving forces of the Marxist -influenced artistic avant-garde of the 1920s and 1930s in Czechoslovakia. In Prague it appeared from 1930 to 1933, the editor-in-chief was Stanislav Kostka Neumann. It was also published in Brno (1931), and the local group in Ostrava published its own Kampaň magazine. The journal devoted
304-534: The state of Maharashtra, India Republican Left Democratic Front , a coalition of political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra formed before the Maharashtra state assembly elections, 2009 Periodicals [ edit ] LEF (journal) (Russian: ЛЕФ), later called New LEF (Russian: Novyi LEF ) Left Front (magazine) (1930–1934/5), an American magazine published by the Chicago chapter of
323-608: The successor to the Devětsil Union of Modern Culture. The founding date was on October 18, 1929. On this day a general meeting of mainly members of Devětsil took place, in which some basic documents such as the programmatic statement of the new association were approved. The founding members were Karel Teige , Stanislav Kostka Neumann , Vítězslav Nezval , Bedřich Václavek , E.F. Burian , Vilém Závada , František Halas , Julius Fučík and later joined by Vladislav Vančura , Ivan Sekanina , Ladislav Štoll and others. The chairman of
342-738: Was called the Svaz moderní kultury Devětsil (the Devětsil Union of Modern Culture). The artistic output of its members was varied, but typically focused on magic realism , proletkult , and, beginning in 1923, Poetism , an artistic program formulated by Vítězslav Nezval and Karel Teige . The group was very active in organizing the Czech art scene of the period. Members published several art magazines - ReD (Revue Devětsilu), Disk and Pásmo , as well as occasional anthologies (most importantly Devětsil and Život ) and organized several exhibitions. For
361-514: Was to propagate socialist culture and promote cooperation between the progressive intelligentsia and the working class. The statement also stated that the grouping was non-political and not linked to any political party, although as time went on, some aspects of the Levá fronta became more open about its connections and cooperation with the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. The activities of
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