How The Arts Coped With Life Behind The Iron Curtain
"The cultural responses to totalitarianism and the censorship of the arts differed from country to country. But one common thread through the undergrounds of the Eastern Bloc was that artists wanted their ideas to spread and be considered by the general population. A freedom of speech, however constrained, was very much fueled through the arts." The New York Times 11/13/09

Posted November 13, 2009 05:10 AM