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Keywords
mythology, painting, socialist realism, postmodernism, fine art
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Fotieva, I.V. (2022) ‘The mythology of socialist realism: a politicized construction or a return to the origins? УДК 130.2:7.067’, The Art of Eurasia, (1), pp. 182–191. doi:10.46748/ARTEURAS.2022.01.017.
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Abstract
The article analyzes different points of view on mythology as such and on the mythological complex underlying the direction of socialist realism in the visual arts. It is argued that the quasi-religious nature of the doctrine of socialism gave rise to many intersections with the mythologies of ancient cultures in ideas about the struggle between good and evil and the onset of the “golden age” (bright future); in the images of heroes and gods. At the same time, it is emphasized that these images and ideas, as well as ancient mythology as a whole, today receive a new interpretation as a reflection of certain existential patterns, in connection with the departure from the narrowly materialistic picture of the world. Accordingly, the constructive and life-affirming nature of the best works created in the direction of socialist realism is affirmed.
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