Thirteenth International Conference on Design Principles & Practices

Abstract

The study addresses to the question of presentation of space and emptiness in images. The graphics of Bauhaus is considered as one of the most important examples of the new system. The form of the visual space is mentioned as a system that has a specific meaning — it exists as the formation of an autonomous program of visuality and sense. The graphic system of the Bauhaus and Russian Constructivism disputes and questions the principles of figurative images and at the same time it verifies and correlates it. The using of abstract and collage formats creates the new spatial constructions, which, at the same time, finds its parallels in classical understanding of space.The Bauhaus principles supports and continues the understanding of linear perspective as symbolic form. With all the differences in the visual system, the figurative image and the graphic program of the Bauhaus reveal similar conceptual foundations, which allow us to consider space and emptiness as an important semantic element of the image.