Ideology and Aesthetics of the Soviet Modernism: the Moscow Metro Construction of the 1970`s

Student: Ivanova Darya

Educational Programme: Cultural Studies (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2017

The present research is devoted to the study of the transformation of aesthetic programs of Soviet modernism under the influence of changes in the ideological attitudes and cultural policy of the USSR during the 1970s on the example of the Moscow metro construction. In this research, architectural designs and their implementation are considered using the example of stations built during the 1970s, as well as the role of the architect in this process. The material of the stations in the research work shows the history of building stations through the prism of people and institutions and is analyzed the policy in the field of architecture and art. The work also identifies the characteristic artistic techniques, aesthetic effects and symbolic content common to the Soviet metro construction of the 1970s.

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