The temple of the new faith. Film images of the construction of the Palace of Culture 1952–1955
The temple of the new faith. Film images of the construction of the Palace of Culture 1952–1955
Author(s): Marek HendrykowskiSubject(s): Architecture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Polish cinema; ideology; architecture; socialist realism; stalinism; symbolic dominance;
Summary/Abstract: The first study of its kind, Marek Hendrykowski’s paper examines frame by frame the symbolic role of the construction of the Palace of Culture in the ideological context of the Stalinist period and its emergence into the realm of public discourse in the early 1950s.
Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
- Issue Year: 22/2017
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 39-54
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English