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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453002703321

Autore

Piotrowski Piotr

Titolo

Art and democracy in post-communist Europe [[electronic resource] /] / Piotr Piotrowski ; translated by Anna Brzyski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion Books, 2012

ISBN

1-86189-931-9

1-299-13929-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrzyskiAnna

Disciplina

709.4709049

Soggetti

Democracy and the arts - Europe, Eastern

Art and state - Europe, Eastern

Art, East European - 20th century

Art, East European - 21st century

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. History and contemporaneity -- pt. II. Memory -- pt. III. Democracy after communism.

Sommario/riassunto

When the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, Eastern Europe saw a new era begin, and the widespread changes that followed extended into the world of art. Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe examines the art created in light of the profound political, social, economic, and cultural transformations that occurred in the former Eastern Bloc after the Cold War ended. Assessing the function of art in post-communist Europe, Piotr Piotrowski describes the changing nature of art as it went from being molded by the cultural imperatives of the communist state and a tool of political propaganda to