Brotherhood_(sculpture)

<i>Brotherhood</i> (sculpture)

Brotherhood (sculpture)

1950 sculpture by Karel Pokorný

Brotherhood (Czech: Sbratření) is a sculpture by the Czech artist Karel Pokorný (1891-1962), which became the basis for monuments of the Prague Offensive during World War II. There are such monuments in Prague, Česká Třebová, Saint Petersburg and the Crimea. The sculpture depicts the meeting of a Soviet Red Army soldier and a Czech militiaman in May 1945. Art critics evaluate Brotherhood as one of the best works of socialist realism.[1] This sculpture gained popularity and became a symbol of friendship between the peoples of Russia and Czechoslovakia.[2] Its image was used on stamps, coins, banknotes, etc.

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Karel Pokorný with Brotherhood

After the dismantling of the Monument to Soviet Tank Crews in 1991 and the Statue of Ivan Konev in 2020, Brotherhood became the main memorial of World War II in Prague.[3]

From the first years after its creation, some viewers of the sculpture saw homoerotic overtones in it.[4][5][6][7]

References

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    "Искусство Чехословакии". Всеобщая история искусств: В шести томах / Академия художеств СССР, Институт теории и истории изобразительных искусств. Vol. 6, Книга вторая. Государственное издательство «Искусство». 1966. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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    Шипунов А. Н.. (2016). Забытый шедевр: скульптура "Братание" в Московском парке Победы Санкт-Петербурга (PDF) (Сборник статей аспирантов, магистрантов, студентов). Vol. 2 (Молодёжный вестник СПбГУК ed.). СПб.: СПбГУК. pp. 70–73. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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    Володимир Поморцев. "Побічний ефект знесення пам'ятника маршалу Конєву" (in Ukrainian) (Історична правда ed.). Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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    Szczygieł, Mariusz (April 2018). "A głowa się kręci, czyli Czechy nie z tej ziemi. Mariusza Szczygła subiektywny przewodnik po Pradze" (in Polish) (Gazeta Wyborcza ed.). 16
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    Nekvindová, Terezie (2014). Výstava versus výstavnictví. Československé pavilony na Expo 1967 v Montrealu a Expo 1970 v Ósace. Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze. p. 127.
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    Hron, Lukáš (16 May 2015). "Sláva sklu a dršťkovce. Po celém světě nás proslavily úspěchy na Expu" (in Czech). IDNES.cz.
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    Seidl, Jan (2014). Teplá Praha: Průvodce po queer historii hlavního města 1380–2000. Černé pole. ISBN 978-80-260-6547-0.

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