A Socialist Realist History?

Writing Art History in the Post-War Decades

Contributions by Marina Dmitrieva Contributions by Milena Bartlová Contributions by Katja Bernhardt Contributions by Karolina Łabowicz-Dymanus Contributions by Ivan Gerat Contributions by Piotr Juszkiewicz Contributions by Nataliya Zlydneva Contributions by Kädi Talvoja Contributions by Juliana Maxim Contributions by Carmen Popescu Contributions by Virve Sarapik Contributions by Branko Mitrovic Contributions by Kristina Jõekalda Contributions by Krista Kodres Edited by Kristina Jõekalda Edited by Krista Kodres Edited by Michaela Marek Series edited by Robert Born Series edited by Ada Raev

Book cover: A Socialist Realist History?

Extent: 279 pages

Publisher: Böhlau Verlag Köln

Subjects: Architecture, Art & Art History, Slavic Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(June 2019)

ISBN: 9783412511616

6.89 x 9.65 inches

Price: $82.00

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How did the Eastern European and Soviet states write their respective histories of art and architecture during 1940s-1960s? The articles address both the Stalinist period and the Khrushchev Thaw, when the Marxist-Leninist discourse on art history was ‘invented’ and refined. Although this discourse was inevitably ‘Sovietized’ in a process dictated from Moscow, a variety of distinct interpretations emerged from across the Soviet bloc in the light of local traditions, cultural politics and decisions of individual authors.

How did the Eastern European and Soviet states write their respective histories of art and architecture during 1940s-1960s? The articles address both the Stalinist period and the Khrushchev Thaw, when the Marxist-Leninist discourse on art history was “invented” and refined. Although this discourse was inevitably “Sovietized” in a process dictated from Moscow, a variety of distinct interpretations emerged from across the Soviet bloc in the light of local traditions, cultural politics and decisions of individual authors. Although the new “official” discourse often left space open for national concerns, it also gave rise to a countermovement in response to the aggressive ideologization of art and the preeminence assigned to (Socialist) Realist aesthetics.

  • Contributions by Marina Dmitrieva
  • Contributions by Milena Bartlová
  • Contributions by Katja Bernhardt
  • Contributions by Karolina Łabowicz-Dymanus
  • Contributions by Ivan Gerat
  • Contributions by Piotr Juszkiewicz
  • Contributions by Nataliya Zlydneva
  • Contributions by Kädi Talvoja
  • Contributions by Juliana Maxim
  • Contributions by Carmen Popescu
  • Contributions by Virve Sarapik
  • Contributions by Branko Mitrovic
  • Contributions by Kristina Jõekalda
  • Contributions by Krista Kodres
  • Edited by Kristina Jõekalda
  • Edited by Krista Kodres
  • Edited by Michaela Marek
  • Series edited by Robert Born
  • Series edited by Ada Raev

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