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And what's -- what's -- what's so ironic is that all of the attention that Lynez's chart received would give you the impression that this was sort of a high proun -- high point of rigid categorization of
American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change & the 20th Century 1999
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Plue eyes, proun hair, round _kinn_, pig mouf -- und all dat, so fort.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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“Vai, noun sies proun famous, ni proun fort, ni proun fin.”
Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901
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'Proun' does not have an exact definition, though Lissitzky stated that it was "the station where one changes from painting to architecture" or according to Wikipedia 'exploration of the visual language of suprematism with spatial elements'.
El Lissitzky - Proun Room Posted by Tim Dixon 2024
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In 1920 Lissitzky coined the term "Proun"—an acronym for the Russian words meaning "project for the affirmation of the new"—to refer to a series of abstract works that combined the Suprematist lexicon of geometric, monochromatic forms with tools of architectural rendering.
brobbins commented on the word proun
to leaf through a new book, smell the new book smell. To show off a new book, solely for its cover art or legitimacy in literary world.
January 10, 2010