Word: realism
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...exhibition of paintings and sculpture arranged by the Moscow branch of the Union of Soviet Artists. The Premier's reaction to some of the abstract art on display was someting less than charitable, and a day later Pravda re-asserted in an editorial the momentarily forgotten priciples of social realism...
...understand this succession of events one must understand the doctrine of socialist realism, which remains the chief tenet of the Soviet faith in all areas of artistic endeavor. Socialist realism is not merely a prohibition or restriction of certain forms of expression. Under the doctrine artists are expected to make a positive contribution to the education of the toiling masses in the "spirit of socialism." Practically, they are also expected to serve the political needs of the State, whatever those might...
...golden boys sometimes overstep the bounds, and when they do the image of dissent is suddenly revealed for what it is. Last week Khrushchev denounced the elderly Ehrenburg for pleading for co-existence between socialist realism and Western art forms. "Whoever preaches the idea of peaceful coexistence of ideologies slides down to the positions of anticommunism" Krushchev declared, and added that Ehrenburg had committed a "gross ideological error...
Socialist realism is still sacred scripture, and artistic freedom will continue to be circumscribed by the exigencies of ideology and politics. But the boundaries can be moved. We need Pasternaks; we also need Yevtushenkos and Ehrenburgs
...outcome of French efforts to adapt after it was found that a return to normalcy was no longer possible. Duroselle defends de Gaulle's notion of grandeur, for he believes that "a nation needs a certain pride, however realistic she may be. The French adapt themselves out of realism but they do not admit that this adaption means the loss of their independence and their originality...