1 / 44

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Soviet Art and Architecture

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Soviet Art and Architecture. Function of Architecture in a Totalitarian State. Glorify the power of the State Emphasize the insignificance of the individual In USSR: Obscure the churches In USSR: Link Stalin to Peter the Great.

claudia-mullen
Download Presentation

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Soviet Art and Architecture

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Revolution and Counterrevolution in Soviet Art and Architecture

  2. Function of Architecture in a Totalitarian State • Glorify the power of the State • Emphasize the insignificance of the individual • In USSR: Obscure the churches • In USSR: Link Stalin to Peter the Great

  3. The All-Union Agricultural Pavilion • Planned in 1930s to mark the success of the first Five Year Plan • Complete only under Krushchev • Almost 200 Pavilions • A permanent monument to Socialist labor • Reflects “Triumphalism”

  4. Socialist Realist Art • Formulaic: has been compared to the icon • Often used familiar icon layouts • Three acceptable themes: • Great leaders: Stalin and Lenin • Happy workers • Accomplishments of Socialism

  5. Komar and Melamid • Met in Medical School in early 1960s • Began producing parodies of official Soviet slogans around 1968 • Created the term “Sotsart” • Persecuted after presenting “Quotation,” 1972 • Declared themselves “citizens of the world” • Emigrated to Israel, then New York

  6. The New York Sotsartists • Humorous • Used Parody • Often targeted specific figures • Blatantly anti-Soviet

  7. The Moscow School • Sombre • Reflective of harsh reality of Soviet life • Employ symbols from Soviet regime and undermine them • Ambiguity • Prior to New York School; Some became New Yorkers

More Related