Cold Revolution: Central and Eastern European Societies in Times of Socialist Realism, 1948-1959

A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern Europe

In Cold Revolution, essayists examine the relationship between visual culture and the radical social revolutions of 1950s Central and Eastern Europe. As international political tensions intensified and dictatorships rose to power, social realist art and design served as a means of societal critique. Here, 20 contributors explore the social transformations of 1950s Europe, with case studies on art, architecture and urban planning, design, photography, film and graphic design, from countries such as Poland, East and West Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Contributors include: Justyna Balisz-Schmelz, Irina C?r?ba?, Ralf Forster, Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Katerina Gadzheva, Wojciech Grzyba?a, Emma Hanzlikova, Sandor Hornyik, Sandor Horvath, Astrid Ihle, Constantin Iordachi, Dorota Jarecka, Vit Jakubi?ek, Marie Klimesova, Doreen Mende, Alina Mircea, Zsolt Petranyi, Agata Pietrasik, Kristina Popova, Nadege Ragaru, Gabor Rieder, Hana Rousova, Piotr Rypson, Piotr S?odkowski, Oliver Sukrow, Aleksandra Sumorok, Ond?ej Taborsky, Monika Talarczyk, Irina Tulbure, Aneta Vasileva and Magdalena Zio?kowska.