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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Palace of the Soviets.png|thumb|The proposed palace of the [[Soviet (governmental body)|Soviets]], an example of [[Socialist realism|socialist realist]] architecture]]<br />
'''Architecture''' is the [[art]] of designing and constructing buildings. Like other forms of art, architecture is part of the [[Base and superstructure|superstructure]] and expresses the interests of a certain [[Social class|class]]. Apolitical art does not exist.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[TheFinnishBolshevik]]|newspaper=ML-Theory|title=History of Soviet Architecture and City Planning (Part 2, Critique of Rationalism) (1920-30s)|date=2024-04-14|url=https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/history-of-soviet-architecture-and-city-planning-part-2-critique-of-rationalism-1920-30s/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420063922/https://mltheory.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/history-of-soviet-architecture-and-city-planning-part-2-critique-of-rationalism-1920-30s/|archive-date=2024-04-20}}</ref><br />
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== Soviet Union ==<br />
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=== Classicism ===<br />
Classicism was inspired by the architecture of [[ancient Greece]] and [[Roman Empire (27 BCE–395 CE)|Rome]] and the [[Renaissance]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== Constructivism ===<br />
Constructivism emerged in the 1910s and formed the [[Organization of Modern Architects]]. Constructivists believed that the form of a building should emerge from its function and often designed buildings to look like machines.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== Formalism ===<br />
Formalism, also known as rationalism, prioritized appearance over functionality and used abstract shapes that required less "mental energy" to perceive. They were influenced by the [[Idealism|idealist]] theories of [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]] and [[Alexander Bogdanov|Bogdanov]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== Socialist realism ===<br />
[[Socialist realism]] defeated the idealist trends in architecture and portrayed reality in an accurate way to elevate [[class consciousness]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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