Dmitry Moor
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D. Moor was the professional name of Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov ' onMouseout='HidePop("36935")' href="/topics/Novocherkassk">Novocherkassk
– 1946, Moscow
), a Russia
n artist
noted for his propaganda
posters.
Graphic Design - Soviet Russia 1918
One of the distinct types of posters design are evident. The practiced most notably by Vicktor Deni and Dmitri S. Moor, was the development of the political illustration.
Moor's allegories gained power in enlargement, with haunting contrasts of then and now, enemies versus heroic allies, imperialism
agains workers' struggles, to which he added a simple slogan: Death to World Imperialism.
Industry, squeezed by the reactionary dragon
, is on the point of rescue by the armed forces of revolution.
Less typical of Moor's work is the lone figure of his poster appealing for the victims of the 1920 famine
, with the single word of Pomogi (help). The drawings of the skeletal old man and the two wretched stalks of barley are no longer illustrations but have become a single graphic design
idea, an ideogram
of hunger
.
Many of Moor's and Deni's posters were restricted to black and red.
Red could be used to identify revolutionary
elements, particularly flags, worker's shirts and peasant blouses. Black was used for the main drawing and as a solid colour for the clothes of capitalist and priest
.
He was also the chief artist for the Bezhhbozhnik ("Godless") magazine.
Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River. Population: 169,039 ; 170,822 ; 178,000 ; 123,000 ; 81,000 ; 52,000 ....
– 1946, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
), a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
noted for his propaganda
Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position so as to benefit oneself or one's group....
posters.
Graphic Design - Soviet Russia 1918
One of the distinct types of posters design are evident. The practiced most notably by Vicktor Deni and Dmitri S. Moor, was the development of the political illustration.
Moor's allegories gained power in enlargement, with haunting contrasts of then and now, enemies versus heroic allies, imperialism
Imperialism
Imperialism, as defined by Dictionary of Human Geography, is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural, and territorial relationships, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination." The imperialism of the last 500 years,...
agains workers' struggles, to which he added a simple slogan: Death to World Imperialism.
Industry, squeezed by the reactionary dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
, is on the point of rescue by the armed forces of revolution.
Less typical of Moor's work is the lone figure of his poster appealing for the victims of the 1920 famine
Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, overpopulation, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality. Every continent in the world has...
, with the single word of Pomogi (help). The drawings of the skeletal old man and the two wretched stalks of barley are no longer illustrations but have become a single graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
idea, an ideogram
Ideogram
An ideogram or ideograph is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.Examples of...
of hunger
Hunger
Hunger is the most commonly used term to describe the social condition of people who frequently experience the physical sensation of desiring food.-Malnutrition, famine, starvation:...
.
Many of Moor's and Deni's posters were restricted to black and red.
Red could be used to identify revolutionary
Revolutionary
A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...
elements, particularly flags, worker's shirts and peasant blouses. Black was used for the main drawing and as a solid colour for the clothes of capitalist and priest
Priest
A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
.
He was also the chief artist for the Bezhhbozhnik ("Godless") magazine.