The Idea of Construction as the Creative Principle in Russian Avant-Garde Art

The enormous creative potential of the constructive principle as it is found in the work and idea: of the Russian avant-garde helps to account for the great variety of work produced between 1912 anc 1932 in all the arts. Its various sources and ideas appeared in the writings of artists and theoreticians and gave rise to many interpretations of the notion and application of construction. This small tool-box of terms is a précis of the sources and applications of the notion of construction.