Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute

The main purpose of this report is to discuss the influence of political power on art studies in Lithuania and the creative work of artists from 1940 to 1953. It will be based on the destruction of the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, which is little known to art historians. After th...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7b35ad7fda2648499e2ebf1f4aedb41a2021-12-05T14:11:08ZArt Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute1822-454710.2478/mik-2021-0007https://doaj.org/article/7b35ad7fda2648499e2ebf1f4aedb41a2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/mik-2021-0007https://doaj.org/toc/1822-4547The main purpose of this report is to discuss the influence of political power on art studies in Lithuania and the creative work of artists from 1940 to 1953. It will be based on the destruction of the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, which is little known to art historians. After the Second World War, this institute actually followed the traditions of Kaunas Art School (1922–1940): that was the reason for its closure in 1951. The closure was officially called the reorganisation and continuation of art studies in Vilnius.Žukienė RasaSciendoarticlekaunas art schoolkaunas applied and decorative art instituteworld war iinational modernismsocialist realismFine ArtsNENMeno Istorija ir Kritika, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 85-92 (2021)
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topic kaunas art school
kaunas applied and decorative art institute
world war ii
national modernism
socialist realism
Fine Arts
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kaunas applied and decorative art institute
world war ii
national modernism
socialist realism
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Žukienė Rasa
Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
description The main purpose of this report is to discuss the influence of political power on art studies in Lithuania and the creative work of artists from 1940 to 1953. It will be based on the destruction of the Kaunas Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, which is little known to art historians. After the Second World War, this institute actually followed the traditions of Kaunas Art School (1922–1940): that was the reason for its closure in 1951. The closure was officially called the reorganisation and continuation of art studies in Vilnius.
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title Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
title_short Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
title_full Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
title_fullStr Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
title_full_unstemmed Art Studies in the Context of Power Relations in Lithuania, 1940–1953: The Case of the Activities and Closure of Kaunas Applied and Decorative Art Institute
title_sort art studies in the context of power relations in lithuania, 1940–1953: the case of the activities and closure of kaunas applied and decorative art institute
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