Socialist Realist Painting During the Stalinist Era (1934-1941) : the High Art of Mass Art.
2010
ND688.5.S64 R87 2010
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Title
Socialist Realist Painting During the Stalinist Era (1934-1941) : the High Art of Mass Art.
Author
ISBN
9780773419223
0773419225
9780773436923
0773436928
0773419225
9780773436923
0773436928
Imprint
Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (235 pages)
Call Number
ND688.5.S64 R87 2010
System Control No.
(OCoLC)815389765
Summary
This book argues that Socialist Realist paintings, typically seen by western art historians as examples of retrograde art and by scholars of Soviet history simply as propaganda, were a part of an extensive program of skillful artistic practice coupled with masterful propaganda. This book contains fourteen color photographs.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The inception of socialist realism : style, subject, and context
Soviet art history and the interpretation of Russian nineteenth century realist painting
Realism's respite : the affect of modern art on images of peasants
The return to realism : 1922 to 1934
Socialist realism in action
Socialist realism as art for the masses and art by the masses
Conclusion.
The inception of socialist realism : style, subject, and context
Soviet art history and the interpretation of Russian nineteenth century realist painting
Realism's respite : the affect of modern art on images of peasants
The return to realism : 1922 to 1934
Socialist realism in action
Socialist realism as art for the masses and art by the masses
Conclusion.
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