Artistic Modernity and Mythological Thought in the Romanian Art of the Communist Period
Artistic Modernity and Mythological Thought in the Romanian Art of the Communist Period

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this contribution is to show how deep and valuable is the cultural heritage of a people and how dynamic, especially in difficult times. One basic concept used is the cultural style, which differs from the individual style in art. We shall mention the philosophical contribution of a Romanian philosopher of culture, Lucian Blaga, who, under the influence of Jung’s “collective unconsciousness” wrote about the cultural heritage and how it is transmitted from generation to generation through an unconscious structure called by Lucian Blaga “the stylistic matrix”. We shall apply this philosophical theory to some artistic productions of the Romanian art of the period 1960–1980. We will also use some specific mythological and ritual meanings connected to the vegetal world, especially to wheat, flour, paste, bread.

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