Abstract
The present study starts from observations about the social-political and ideological context of artistic creation in the first post-war period, which is largely connected to the emphasis of the individuality or “Art for Art”, at least in the Western world. This promotes the autonomy of the works which distances the artist from society; we are going to highlight the complexity of art, its highest value, putting aside the decorative character of art and “Art for Art” too. Art becomes part of a social conversation, promotes political criticism, propaganda, public awakening, production for the creator and the world. In order to understand that point of view we study artworks by artists who lived in the darkness of war. The whole study is important and protoype because it is the first entirely (complete) review of the political-social point of view of the Greek Civil art, being the first doctor who started the systematic research and of course it has value because we always rely on primary material. Indicatively, Greek Archive of Contemporary Social History, Greek Directorate of Army History, the War Museum of Athens, etc.; as well as art magazines of the time such as the “Art review”, “People’s Speech”, “Libra”, etc.
Presenters
Eleni LinardouStudent, PhD candidate, Panteion University Social and Political Sciences, Attiki, Greece
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Art History, Politics, Social, Civil War, Greek art
