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Totalitarian art : in the Soviet Union, the Third Reich, fascist Italy, and the People's Republic of China / Igor Golomstock ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler.

By: Language: engrus Publication details: London : Collins-Harvill, 1989.Description: xv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0002728060
  • 9780002728065
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Contents:
Part one : The process -- Modernism and totalitarianism. The artist and "the revolution of the spirit" (1907-17) ; Art and social revolution : futurism under the red flag at the service of two revolutions (1917-23) ; The avant-garde and the left artists (1917-23) ; The contribution of the avant-garde -- Between modernism and total realism. When those who had fallen silent began to speak : the end of the avant-garde (1922-28) ; The interim style (1922-32) ; Encounter in Venice (1924-34) ; The German avant-garde and "Kulturbolschewismus" (1905-33) ; The battle for art (1923-33) -- From words to action. Ideology : "Socialist realism" and "the principles of the Führer" ; Organization : the megamachine of totalitarian culture ; Terror : totalitarianism against modernism ; Italy on the path to total realism -- Appendix : the Chinese variant -- Part two : The product -- Prologue : Encounter in Paris (1937 and beyond) -- The present, the past and the future (inheritance and traditions). New heights ; From the future to the past ; From the past to the present -- Function and language. Propaganda, mass appeal and Volk spirit ; Myth and life, art and reality ; The semantic revolution and the new man -- Structure. Theme art ; The hierarchy of genres : the centre ; The official portrait (iconography of the leaders) ; Historical painting ; Battle-pieces ; The hierarchy of genres : the periphery ; Genre painting ; Landscapes, still lifes, and nudes -- Architecture and style. Ideology in stone ; Restoration or revolution? ; "To the golden age of the cathedrals" -- Epilogue : encounter in Berlin -- Album of totalitarian art
Summary: In this study of the art of Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the author describes the way the avant-garde and modernistic movements of the early 20th century, which sought to create new artistic forms of mass appeal, were quickly expropriated by dictatorial regimes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-394) and index.

Part one : The process -- Modernism and totalitarianism. The artist and "the revolution of the spirit" (1907-17) ; Art and social revolution : futurism under the red flag at the service of two revolutions (1917-23) ; The avant-garde and the left artists (1917-23) ; The contribution of the avant-garde -- Between modernism and total realism. When those who had fallen silent began to speak : the end of the avant-garde (1922-28) ; The interim style (1922-32) ; Encounter in Venice (1924-34) ; The German avant-garde and "Kulturbolschewismus" (1905-33) ; The battle for art (1923-33) -- From words to action. Ideology : "Socialist realism" and "the principles of the Führer" ; Organization : the megamachine of totalitarian culture ; Terror : totalitarianism against modernism ; Italy on the path to total realism -- Appendix : the Chinese variant -- Part two : The product -- Prologue : Encounter in Paris (1937 and beyond) -- The present, the past and the future (inheritance and traditions). New heights ; From the future to the past ; From the past to the present -- Function and language. Propaganda, mass appeal and Volk spirit ; Myth and life, art and reality ; The semantic revolution and the new man -- Structure. Theme art ; The hierarchy of genres : the centre ; The official portrait (iconography of the leaders) ; Historical painting ; Battle-pieces ; The hierarchy of genres : the periphery ; Genre painting ; Landscapes, still lifes, and nudes -- Architecture and style. Ideology in stone ; Restoration or revolution? ; "To the golden age of the cathedrals" -- Epilogue : encounter in Berlin -- Album of totalitarian art

In this study of the art of Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, the author describes the way the avant-garde and modernistic movements of the early 20th century, which sought to create new artistic forms of mass appeal, were quickly expropriated by dictatorial regimes.

Translation from Russian.