Cold revolution : Central and Eastern European societies in times of Socialist Realism, 1948-1959 /

Cold revolution : Central and Eastern European societies in times of Socialist Realism, 1948-1959 /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Milan, Italy : Mousse Publishing ; Warsaw, Poland : Adam Mickiewicz Institute : Zachęta--National Gallery of Art, 2020. ©2020
Description:	313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Art, European -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Socialist realism in art -- Europe, Central -- Exhibitions. Socialist realism in art -- Europe, Eastern -- Exhibitions. Art and society -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Art and society -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. Working class in art -- Exhibitions. Art and society. Art, European. Socialist realism in art. Working class in art. Central Europe. Eastern Europe. History. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12553266

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Other authors / contributors:	Bazin, Jérôme, 1982- editor. Kordjak-Piotrowska, Joanna, editor. Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki (Warsaw, Poland), host institution. Instytut Adama Mickiewicza, issuing body.
ISBN:	9788867494507 8867494503
Notes:	Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Zachęta--National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 26-June 27, 2021. Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	The publication inquires about the relationship between the visual culture of the 1950s and the radical social revolution that took place in Central and Eastern Europe in the 'cold' climate of growing international tensions and the strengthening of communist dictatorships.

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Summary:	A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern Europe In Cold Revolution , essayists examine the relationship between visual culture and the radical social revolutions of 1950s Central and Eastern Europe. As international political tensions intensified and dictatorships rose to power, social realist art and design served as a means of societal critique. Here, 20 contributors explore the social transformations of 1950s Europe, with case studies on art, architecture and urban planning, design, photography, film and graphic design, from countries such as Poland, East and West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Contributors include : Justyna Balisz-Schmelz, Irina C?r?ba?, Ralf Forster, Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Katerina Gadzheva, Wojciech Grzyba?a, Emma Hanzlíková, Sándor Hornyik, Sándor Horváth, Astrid Ihle, Constantin Iordachi, Dorota Jarecka, Vít Jakubí?ek, Marie Klimesová, Doreen Mende, Alina Mircea, Zsolt Petrányi, Agata Pietrasik, Kristina Popova, Nadège Ragaru, Gábor Rieder, Hana Rousová, Piotr Rypson, Piotr S?odkowski, Oliver Sukrow, Aleksandra Sumorok, Ond?ej Táborský, Monika Talarczyk, Irina Tulbure, Aneta Vasileva and Magdalena Zió?kowska.
Item Description:	Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Zachęta--National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, March 26-June 27, 2021.
Physical Description:	313 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9788867494507 8867494503