Romanian Art History During the 1950s as a Form of Social History of Art

Abstract

The Romanian Workers’ Party – the political party that led Romania from 1947 until 1965 – need for legitimisation led to the rewriting of history in a way that the history of Romania was presented as a linear progression finally leading to communism. In art history, art also became a linear phenomenon, progressively advancing towards Socialist Realism.

Keywords

• communism
• social history of art
• censorship
• romania
• george oprescu
• monographs
• biographies
• communist ideology
• totalitarianism