Author Archives: Joan Neuberger
The Stalin Cult – More (Clearly, I hope) on Thinking Visually
I hope I made it clear that I consider The Stalin Cult an excellent work of political and institutional history, from which I learned a great deal about a subject I care about. But my objections to its treatment of … Continue reading
The Stalin Cult: Painting and Socialist Realism
As a historian interested in visuality in general and Soviet visual culture in particular, I read Jan Plamper’s book with great interest and benefit, but with some perplexity. The book offers us an excellent survey of the production of some … Continue reading
Posted in Russian and Soviet Art, Stalinism, The Stalin Cult
Tagged "Socialist Realism", painting
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