In Search of Spirituality: Modernist Utopias â between Philosophy, Religion and Science in Romanian Art during Communism

Ileana Pintilie

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004747470_011

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Abstract

The ever-changing political situation in Romania over the decades generated a state of uncertainty, which was directly reflected in the cultural milieu and artistic creation. The need for spirituality to oppose empty materialism and the lack of opportunity caused by ideological pressure led several artists to seek means of escape from this reality and find forms of resistance, which they expressed through their art. The article examines this topic chronologically, through the decades, because the political context generated essential transformations in society at large and in the evolution of several important artistsâ oeuvres. Some visual artists became spiritual examples for their peers. Of those, only the work of Paul Gherasim, Horia Bernea, Paul Neagu, and Ètefan Bertalan will be discussed, as well as some groups of artists like Andreescu, Sigma, and Prolog, which enabled the membersâ activity to gain more influence with a coherent artistic project. An attempt was made here to capture the search for very diverse forms of spirituality in Romanian society, highlighting some of the books that significantly impacted the minds of intellectuals of that time. In conclusion, the ideological pressure and materialist orientation of the time caused rejection and generated various spiritual explorations which enabled artists to successfully escape from the reality in which they found themselves.

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Enchanted Socialist Modernity

Art of Central and Eastern Europe (1945â1989) in the Face of Alternative Spirituality

Reihe:Â Aries Book Series, Band: 41

ISBN:: 9789004747470

Verleger:: Brill

Print-Publikationsdatum:: 01 Dec 2025

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- Philosophie
  - Philosophie der Religion
- Religionswissenschaften
  - Religionssoziologie
  - Religion und die KÃ¼nste

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Part 1 Persisting Spiritual Traditions in Times of Political Ruptures

Part 2 Utopias between Social Experiment and Esotericism

Part 3 Art as a Spiritual Practice

Part 4 From Spiritual Counter-modernism to the Neo-avant-garde

Part 5 Towards Capitalist Esotericism

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Altorientalistik und Ägyptologie	Internationales Recht	Pädagogik
Amerikanistik	Judaistik	Philosophie
Asienwissenschaften	Klassische Altertumswissenschaft	Religionswissenschaft
Bibelauslegung	Kunstgeschichte	Slawistik und Eurasienkunde
Biologie	Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften	Sozialwissenschaften
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Chapter 9 In Search of Spirituality: Modernist Utopias â between Philosophy, Religion and Science in Romanian Art during Communism

Art of Central and Eastern Europe (1945â1989) in the Face of Alternative Spirituality