[struwwelpeter]

...settles the question of barbarity and primitivism once and for all

But at least the arts have not suffered! ;-)

[GSlob]

Barbarity is a civilizational phenomenon, i.e. it occurs in the sociological sphere. Arts belong to the cultural sphere - and these spheres are clean different. The most primitive and barbaric Stone Age tribe could happen to have a great dancer or a singer - and this fact would not stop it from being barbaric. To put it pithily, poet Pushkin belongs to, and to a large extent defines, the culture but does not belong to the civilization; his contemporary [BTW, semi-literate, per Leo Tolstoy] despot Nicholas I belongs to, and to a large extent defines, the civilization, but does not belong to the culture.
And such soc/realist "art" is properly to be classed as "entartete Kunst", and treated accordingly, by being dumped in a toilet from # 50.

[GSlob]

You have quite a photo gallery here. Thanks for sharing it with fellow FReepers - it is extremely educational, especially for those who could not have even imagined it otherwise. Thanks again.