ÇAĞDAŞ TÜRK RESİM SANATINDA TOPLUMSAL STATÜ YANSIMALARI
REFLECTIONS OF SOCIAL STATUS TO CONTEMPORARY TURKISH PAINTING ARTS

Summary/Abstract: People, who created the society in the historical process, have been divided into stratums. These stratums indicate the social status which is defined upon cultural and economic differences and the stated position in society. The will of having a good status, has always preserved its importance throughout the human history and unavoidably became the subject for arts. Especially, the methods of acquiring status and the disparities in distribution were visualized by the artists with a critical dialect. The critical language that the artist has directed to the status system has been in the form of an angry, ironic, melancholic, lyric opposing stance and challenges. The start of contemporary Turkish painting arts, with the efforts of westernization in the end of 18th century is accepted as the disengagement from traditional arts. This study examines meanings in the interpretation and approach of the social status in contemporary Turkish painting arts which gained acceleration with the declaration of the Republic and extant till today. The purpose of the study is to reveal the relations between social statuses within the Turkish society in a chronological order and their reflection to painting arts; enlightening a way for the ones that take this subject as in-depth research.

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