Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Estridentismo: Drive cables and pylons across one diagonal, set text blocks square against it, leave no margin
- Type
- Set in Estridentismo's manner (Heavy grotesque mixed with woodletter, the angle changing line by line), and let Mexican Muralism's lettering (Keep lettering inside banners and flags, painted with the same brush as the image.) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Estridentismo's material (Two inks, black and red, on coarse paper, the woodcut's white bite left in the line); bring in exactly one thing from Mexican Muralism (Fresco on lime plaster with earth pigments, the wall texture left visible.).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #d7b77a, #9d3e2e, #35584b.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Estridentismo Tilting a modern layout slightly is not it, and without the post revolutionary city as subject it copies Futurism. The angle works only when the letters are cut and the register is rough.
- Mexican Muralism Borrowing crowds and raised fists without deciding whose history is told and for whom yields a large decorative wall with no argument.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Estridentismo (Style, 1921–1927) and its accent from Mexican Muralism (Style, 1920s–1940s). Structural cues: Sharp woodcut lines; Type set on the diagonal; Imagery of cables, aerials and machinery; The hard contrast of two-colour printing. Accent cues, used sparingly: Monumental murals; Crowds of figures; Political narrative; Public space. Composition: Drive cables and pylons across one diagonal, set text blocks square against it, leave no margin. Type and lettering: Heavy grotesque mixed with woodletter, the angle changing line by line. Let one material quality come from the second style: Fresco on lime plaster with earth pigments, the wall texture left visible.. Mood: Exhilaration, Futurism, Rebellion, Trust. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #d7b77a, #9d3e2e, #35584b. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Estridentismo 1921–1927 / Style / Avant-garde
A Mexican avant-garde that shouted its praise of the post-revolutionary city, of radio waves and machines. Sharp woodcut lines, type running on the diagonal and imagery of cables and aerials erupted over a few years through magazines and handbills. The moment Latin American vanguardism found a speed of its own.
- Mexican Muralism 1920s–1940s / Style / Mural Traditions
Paints post-revolutionary history, labor, indigenous culture and visions of the future onto the vast walls of public buildings.
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