The impact of intellectual and cultural space on creativity in the realm of painting and architecture from the perspective of Gramsci's hegemony

Subject Areas : Creativity and innovation from psychological, epistemological, educational and pedagogical

Sanaz Khodadadidehkordi ¹ , Abolfazl Davodiroknabadi ² , Salar Zohoori ³ , Fahimehalsadat Mirjalili ⁴

1 - Department of Art, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran
2 - Department of Textile and Clothing Design, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran.
3 - Department of Textile Engineering, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
4 - Department of Art and architecture, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2025-07-08 Accepted : 2025-10-25 Published : 2025-12-20

Keywords: Artistic creativity, cultural hegemony, Antonio Gramsci, ideology,

Abstract :

This article examines the impact of intellectual and cultural space on creativity in the arts of painting and architecture from the perspective of Antonio Gramsci's cultural hegemony. In this framework, culture is considered not only a platform for artistic production, but also a tool for reproducing or challenging dominant discourses and ideologies in society. The analysis shows that artistic creativity is not a purely individual and endogenous phenomenon, but is formed in interaction with social, cultural and historical contexts. The intellectual and cultural space of a society, including institutions, values, beliefs and ideologies, acts in the form of cultural hegemony and determines or limits the paths of creativity. According to Gramsci's view, art can serve to maintain the existing order or act as a tool of cultural resistance. This duality can also be traced in visual arts such as painting and architecture; So that, depending on their social and cultural situation, artists either work to strengthen cultural hegemony or use artistic capacities to protest and create alternative discourses. Also, factors such as cultural diversity, freedom of expression, artistic institutions and historical conditions play an important role in fostering or limiting creativity. The present study emphasizes the importance of paying attention to cultural contexts in the analysis of art and creativity and shows that art always finds meaning in a cultural context and achieves transformation in active interaction with it.

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