The official art of the Khrushchev Thaw: The Severe Style as an ambassador of the Estonian national school at Baltic art exhibitions in Moscow |
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Authors: | Kädi Talvoja |
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Institution: | The Institute of Art History and Visual Culture, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia |
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Abstract: | In Estonian post-Socialist art history writing, the term ‘national’ has mostly been introduced as a defense mechanism against the Soviet regime. The aim of this article is to indicate that concept ‘national’ also played quite an important role in ‘official’ Soviet cultural politics, especially after Stalin’s death. The processes of cultivating ‘national particularities’ in the arts will be exemplified by the Baltic exhibitions in Moscow in the end of 1950s and 1960s. |
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Keywords: | Soviet art Severe Style Baltic states exhibitions official national Thaw |
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