Year 12 9.1 changes to Soviet Art and culture 1917-53

Socialist realism

Fyodor Gladkov, Nikolai Ostrovsky, Maxim Gorky

1986

<p>To instill a sense of reassurance for the success of the future and consolidate Stalin's power</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Depicting a reality that viewers felt comfortable with and promoting the ideals of socialism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stalin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first five-year plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Red Army soldier</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Strictly socialist realist</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A familiar and realistic aesthetic with a gloss of hopeful future</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The avant-garde movement was a new style of art that developed in Czarist Russia in the late 19th century. It broke with artistic tradition and produced subversive early modern art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The message of Casimir Malevich's Suprematist composition was that we all fit together as a democratic community, and our human nature and natural science exist. It expressed the aspiration to live up to the scientific principles of functional organization in a Marxist society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Natalia Goncharova believed that modern Russian art was developing rapidly and had reached such heights that it could no longer rely on contemporary Western ideas. She believed that Russian art would play a leading role in international life.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The constructivists advocated for pragmatic and progressive art that could engineer and build towards a perfect future. They believed in the potential for humanity to align and come together as one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Socialist realism became the dominant style of art in the Soviet Union between the 1920s and 1960.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Socialist realism differed from the avant-garde movement in that it had to be realistic and exemplify communist values. It had to educate and instill hope, balancing the needs to be realistic and idealistic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>What defined socialist realism as a tool of totalitarian dictatorship was its utilization by the state and its alignment with the taste of the people. It was controlled by the regime and used to promote communist values.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stalin personally reviewed works of art, novels, and plays to give his approval or condemnation. He wanted to ensure that they aligned with his vision of socialism and did not contain any perceived wrong ideas or messages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The consequences for artists who produced works that displeased Stalin could be severe. They could be sent to the gulag or even face execution.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Paintings like Isaac Brodsky's 'Lenin' contributed to the cult of the leader by portraying Lenin or Stalin in a simple and pensive manner, creating an idealized image of the leader and promoting their status as a revered figure.</p> Signup and view all the answers