Heroic realism
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Heroic realism is art used as political
Purposes
Both socialist art and
Heroic realism designs were used to propagate the revolution in the Soviet Union during
In literature, Maxim Gorky urged that one obtained realism by extracting the basic idea from reality, but by adding the potential and desirable to it, one added romanticism with deep revolutionary potential.[4]
Stalin understood the powerful message which could be sent through images to a primarily illiterate population. Once he was in power, posters quickly became the new medium for educating illiterate peasants on daily life—from bathing, to farming, the posters provided visual instruction on almost everything. In 1931–2, the early emphasis on the "little man" and the anonymous laboring masses gave way to the "hero of labor", derived from the people but set apart by the scale of his deeds.[5] As a consequence, literature filled with "positive heroes" that were sometimes tedious.[6]
In 1934, a new doctrine called
When
Nazi theory explicitly rejected "materialism", and therefore, despite the realistic treatment of images, "realism" was a seldom used term.[11] A painter was to create an ideal picture, for eternity.[11] The images of men, and still more of women, were heavily stereotyped,[12] with physical perfection required for the nude paintings.[13] In painting, peasants were popular images, reflecting a simple life in harmony with nature.[14]
Sculpture's monumental possibilities gave it a better expression of Nazi racial theories.
See also
Notes
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- ^ Oleg Sopontsinsky, Art in the Soviet Union: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts, p. 6 Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1978
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- ^ ISBN 0-393-02030-4
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- ^ ISBN 0-393-02030-4
- ^ Herbert Marcuse, Negations, p. 29-30 Beacon Press, Boston 1968
- ^ Herbert Marcuse, Negations, p. 2 Beacon Press, Boston 1968
- ^ eye magazine: Designing heroes
- ^ ISBN 0-8109-1912-5
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- ^ a b Susan Sontag,"Fascinating Fascism"
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- ^ Caroline Fetscher, "Why Mention Arno Breker Today?", The Atlantic Times, August, 2006. Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 0-8109-1912-5
- ^ Stellrecht, Helmut (2019). Faith and Action. p. 20. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
Resources
- Heller, Steven, and Seymour Chwast. Graphic Style from Victorian to Digital. New ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2001. 53–57. (This resource provides many good examples of heroic realism and a detailed description of the history.)
- Hollis, R. (2001). Graphic design: a concise history. World of art. New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20347-4
External links
- 3rd Reich Art 1933-1945
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- Review: Art exhibition, Soviet Graphics - States of Illusion (includes Images demonstrating heroic realism in Soviet art)