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launched for several decades ahead. The decisions by the December Plenum of the
Central Committee of the party have made it possible to construct an increased number of
housing, nurseries and kindergartens, youth and pioneers centres. 14 That is a prerequisite
for the creation of more Mural-monumental art works as a larger number of places for
their production have been constructed. The involvement of Monumental art in the newly
constructed buildings has been conditioned by the legal edicts issued by the State, which
have come into effect. On these grounds, the artistic unions: the UBA and UAB, the
Committee for Art and Culture, the Ministry for Construction and Architecture have been
ordering the production of durable pieces of Art of high artistic quality at the same time
with the construction of new buildings.
With respect to the manner of ordering, the monumental pieces of art should be divided
into two groups. 15 The first group includes monumental works produced through an
independent subsidy by the Regional Councils for Art and Culture and the Committee for
Art and Culture, which provides them with the status of independent sites. The second
group covers monumental works created on the ground of Decree 142 of the Regulations
on Territory-residential Organization, according to which those works should be included
in the preliminary financial documents on building sites with their own cost report in the
total cost sheet for the new building under construction.
In conclusion we could say that the ordering process for design and accomplishment
of Monumental art works as independent sites or as sites of capital construction has
been carried out by the State Commissions through general or contact contests
conducted by them. That has been organized on the grounds of the Regulations on
monumental Art Works and on the Regulations on State Commissions with the UBA
and UAB, and the fees should be determined according the Author’s Remuneration
Rates. As far as planning and creation of Monumental art works are concerned, that is
the responsibility of Regional Councils for Art and Culture, the Committee for Art and
Culture or the investor on the grounds of Decree 142 of the Regulations on the
Application of the Territory-residential Organization Act. 16 That way a National
Programme on Creation of Art has been established, which is supposed to treat future
monumental art works. In this programme, sites have been considered and discussed
with regard to their character, according to their national and regional importance. The
approval and acceptance of sites and Monumental art works involved should be carried
out by the State Commissions with the Committee for Art and Culture, the UBA and
the UAB with regard to their artistic qualities. Before that, those art works should have
been approved of by the Art Council with the Regional People’s Council and the
Regional Council for Art and Culture. There the Monumental works projects are to be
introduced on a scale together with explanatory materials, photos of the environments,
architectural drafts, models of the environment and the way the works are be situated
in it. Those allow the Art Council to get a clearer idea for the use of the architectural
space and the degree of accomplishing harmonious Art synthesis. The members of the
Council also scrutinize the theme contents of the monumental art works and their
artistic qualities. They should strictly monitor if the works comply with the party
directives in ideology and aesthetics. If the Monumental works comply with the
requirements, a report is made to suggest considering the project by the state
commissions with the UBA and the UAB. Afterwards the projects with cost sheet