Open AccessDER WEG DER ROTEN FAHNE. ART IN CORRELATION TO ARCHITECTURE, URBAN PLANNING AND POLICY
Author(s) -
Christiane Fülscher
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of architecture and urbanism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2029-7955
pISSN - 2029-7947
DOI - 10.3846/20297955.2013.866861
Subject(s) - mural , architecture , politics , democracy , humanities , style (visual arts) , art history , government (linguistics) , political science , art , sociology , visual arts , law , philosophy , painting , linguistics
The presented research focuses on the relationship between art and architecture. On the example of the mural Der Weg der Roten Fahne (The Path of the Red Flag) installed at the western façade of the Kulturpalast Dresden(Palace of Culture in Dresden) the author analyses the necessity of the mural as an immanent element to communicate political decisions of the German Democratic Republic's government to the public by using architecture. Up until now the mural reinforces the political value of the International Style building in function and shape and links its volume to the urban layout.