Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Art of Decorating Mass Soviet Holidays (1918–1923)

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (11)
Authors
Kolesnik, Maria A.; Leshchinskaia, Natalia M.; Omelik, Anna A.; Ermakov, Tikhon K.
Contact information
Kolesnik, Maria A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; Leshchinskaia, Natalia M.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Omelik, Anna A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Ermakov, Tikhon K.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
Soviet mass art; mass spectacles; design of Soviet holidays; celebration of the first year of the October Revolution; revolutionary art; Soviet holidays; «Media Theory» by Harry Pross; philosophical and art analysis
Abstract

The establishment of the young Soviet state required active actions aimed at the approval of a new system of values. There was an active propaganda activity, and one of the forms of its realization was holding mass festivals. The aim of this study is to study the principles of formation of a new reality corresponding to the principles of the ideology of the Soviet state through works of fine art. The subject of the study is the practices of decoration of mass Soviet holidays, namely the decoration of buildings, poster art, decoration of cars, representing a moving propaganda platform, decoration of theatrical productions. The period from 1918 to 1923 is chosen as the chronological framework. The methodological bases of the present work “media theory” by G. Pross, is the theory of art by V. I. Zhukovsky, N. P. Koptseva, the key method for studying examples of works of art involved in the design of mass Soviet holidays was chosen philosophical and art history analysis. The result of the study is the discovery of the specificity of artistic practices involved in the design of mass Soviet holidays

Pages
1918–1935
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FAXHTR
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/151821

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