Socialist Realism, 1930–53 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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USW establishment year & its creation
USW establishment year & its creation
1932; created Socialist Realism
2 essential qualities of Socialist Realism (Kulik)
2 essential qualities of Socialist Realism (Kulik)
True reality reflection; building socialism
Revolutionary art should reflect (Stalin)
Revolutionary art should reflect (Stalin)
Government priorities, not individual creativity
Socialist Realist painting requirements
Socialist Realist painting requirements
Realistic (photographic) & socialist themes
Stalin's music preferences
Stalin's music preferences
Rousing, heroic, singable, traditional instruments
Model Socialist Realist literature example
Model Socialist Realist literature example
Gladkov's Cement (1924)
How artists worked under Stalin
How artists worked under Stalin
Set production targets, sent to factories/farms
Socialist Realism contradiction
Socialist Realism contradiction
Called 'realist' but showed utopian, not actual reality
1932 ball-bearing factory celebration
1932 ball-bearing factory celebration
Giant ball bearing sculpture (10m diameter)
Vertov's dissent strategy
Vertov's dissent strategy
Celebrated Lenin, barely mentioned Stalin