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- Title
Inter-War Ideology in Nelly's's Nudes: Nationalism, Fascism and the Classical Tradition.
- Authors
Katsari, Constantina
- Abstract
Nelly's, or Elli Sougioultzoglou-Seraidari, produced a series of photographs in the 1920s and 1930s, which seem to idolize ancient Greece. Her themes (naked men and women, landscapes, archaeological monuments) as well as her aesthetics are indicative of contemporary political influences on her work. The main political ideologies identified in her neoclassical photos are those of Greek nationalism, Greek fascism, and German Nazism. Hers was a national and a transnationaI fascist aesthetic. In all instances, though, she remained consistent in following conservative (to each place) artistic movements in the choice of her themes, her techniques, and her aesthetics. Through her work and her continuous employment in governmental posts, she became an advocate of Greek nationalism and German fascism. As a consequence of her artistic choices, she soon became one of the approved artists of Metaxas's fascist regime and a favorite of 1930s Athenian bourgeois society that viewed itself as cosmopolitan.
- Subjects
SOUGIOULTZOGLOU-Seraida, Elli; PHOTOGRAPHY of the nude; FASCISM &; art; NATIONAL socialism &; art; 20TH century aesthetics; CLASSICISM in art; GREEK art; GREEK civilization to 146 B.C.; PHOTOGRAPHY &; society; NATIONALISM &; art; IDEOLOGY in art; TWENTIETH century
- Publication
Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0738-1727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/mgs.2013.0004