Forms of authority, propaganda and manipulation in contemporary art from 20th century to today

In this thesis, the place of the concept of monumentality, which the phenomenon of power has developed as a result of the interventions in the living spaces of societies, has been questioned, and it has been researched how it finds a place in the field of art with this monumentality. Especially in the 20th century, anti-power attitudes were handled with authority, propaganda, and manipulation. Its existence, which started with power, representation, symbol, and monumentality in art, has survived until today by diversifying as a concept. In this thesis, the concept of the body as a representation of power has progressed with the evaluation of the related productions on the basis of subject. The productions of remarkable artists in the 20th century were classified in the light of personal research; analysed under the headings of "mechanisms of domination", "obedient bodies" and "authority display". All research also formed the basis of personal application productions.