Unofficial art" didn't conform to this style, which replaced constructivism after it was announced by Andrei Zhdanov.
This style was parodied in a series of paintings of candlelit scenes framed by red curtains, which include one of a half-naked Muse caressing a man's chin and one of that man praying to himself in the mirror. Art opposed to this style was displayed in a vacant lot in a show that ended with paintings being destroyed by water cannons, the Bulldozer Exhibition. A frequent subject of art in this style is shown writing in a wrapped chair in a painting of him at the "Smolny Institute," and leaning forward above a crowd in a painting of him "on the Tribune." This style was critiqued by the pop-infused Sots Art of the artist duo Komar and Melamid. This style was promoted by the (*) AKhRR group, which saw itself as a successor to the 19th-century Wanderers. "Unofficial art" didn't conform to this style, which replaced constructivism after it was announced by Andrei Zhdanov. For 10 points, what official Soviet art style featured lifelike illustrations of communist values?
This style was parodied in a series of paintings of candlelit scenes framed by red curtains, which include one of a half-naked Muse caressing a man's chin and one of that man praying to himself in the mirror.
socialist realism [prompt on Soviet art or official art; accept Nostalgic Socialist Realism; prompt on partial answers; do not accept or prompt on "social realism"]