Communist Posters

Author : Mary Ginsberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 1789142067

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Communist Posters by Mary Ginsberg Pdf

One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda--vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and debate--in every communist nation. They have promoted the authority of state and revolution, but have also been used as an effective means of protest. By their nature, posters are ephemeral, tied to time and place, but many have had far-reaching, long-lasting impact. They are imbued with both artistic integrity and personal conviction--Bolshevik posters, for example, are among the most vibrant, passionate graphics in art history. This is the first truly global survey of the history and variety of communist poster art. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, and examines a different region of the world: Russia, China, Mongolia, Eastern Europe, North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba. This beautifully illustrated, comprehensive survey examines the broad range of political and visual cultures of communist posters, and will appeal to a wide audience interested in art, history and politics.

Author : Maria Lafont
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Posters, Soviet
ISBN : 3791337521

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Soviet Posters by Maria Lafont Pdf

This massive book of Soviet propaganda posters, many rare and never before published, is at once a revealing historical document and a sublime example of graphic art at its best. Dating from 1917 to the beginning of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of such major Russian ground-breaking avant-garde designers as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko as well as extraordinary works by anonymous artists. Presented in full color, the 250 posters gathered here range in themes from warnings about the dangers of alcohol abuse and the creeping Nazi menace to illustrations of utopian harmony and the Soviet industrial machine. A brief illustrated introduction offers a chronological overview of the period that produced such eloquent art, which has long been a major source of inspiration to artists and designers.

Author : Anita Pisch
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781760460631

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The personality cult of Stalin in Soviet posters, 1929–1953 by Anita Pisch Pdf

From 1929 until 1953, Iosif Stalin’s image became a central symbol in Soviet propaganda. Touched up images of an omniscient Stalin appeared everywhere: emblazoned across buildings and lining the streets; carried in parades and woven into carpets; and saturating the media of socialist realist painting, statuary, monumental architecture, friezes, banners, and posters. From the beginning of the Soviet regime, posters were seen as a vitally important medium for communicating with the population of the vast territories of the USSR. Stalin’s image became a symbol of Bolshevik values and the personification of a revolutionary new type of society. The persona created for Stalin in propaganda posters reflects how the state saw itself or, at the very least, how it wished to appear in the eyes of the people. The ‘Stalin’ who was celebrated in posters bore but scant resemblance to the man Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, whose humble origins, criminal past, penchant for violent solutions and unprepossessing appearance made him an unlikely recipient of uncritical charismatic adulation. The Bolsheviks needed a wise, nurturing and authoritative figure to embody their revolutionary vision and to legitimate their hold on power. This leader would come to embody the sacred and archetypal qualities of the wise Teacher, the Father of the nation, the great Warrior and military strategist, and the Saviour of first the Russian land, and then the whole world. This book is the first dedicated study on the marketing of Stalin in Soviet propaganda posters. Drawing on the archives of libraries and museums throughout Russia, hundreds of previously unpublished posters are examined, with more than 130 reproduced in full colour. The personality cult of Stalin in Soviet posters, 1929–1953 is a unique and valuable contribution to the discourse in Stalinist studies across a number of disciplines.

Author : Lazaro Droznes
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798746489593

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Communist Posters by Lazaro Droznes Pdf

Propaganda was one of the important tools that the Communist Party used to create an attractive vision of the community in the USSR and in all countries where it came to have a significant degree of power to promote its ideological approach to society. It became an integral weapon in the strategy of Marxism-Leninism. However, the communist ideal of society concealed the persecution, exclusion, marginalization, and discrimination of groups considered undesirable or asocial and establishing great economic, social, and political differences between the ruling class and the rest of the population. Radios, newspapers, movies, theater, flags, banners, posters, music, buttons, uniforms, and books created an environment that facilitated the domination of the ruling class and the creation of a supposedly egalitarian society in which no one could meet their basic needs, except the political leadership. Communist propaganda was essential to create the "State of Deception," in which lies and manipulation were state policies and where all citizens could be deceived for the benefit of the alleged supreme common good. The influence of the visual arts was powerful in the URRS, and particularly the posters were used as an essential medium to convey the deceptive narrative of the regime. This book shows how political propaganda worked and will alert the reader to recognize manipulative messages. In this book, you can experience what propaganda looks and sounds like. Learning to detect manipulative political messages is essential to keeping our democracies alive. Download this book and learn the intimate details of the communist propaganda factory! TAGSMarx, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin, Gorbachev, Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Mao Tse Tung, communist regime, USSR, Union Soviet Socialist Republics, communist poster, communist propaganda, Karl Marx, Mao Tse Tung posters, Stalin posters, posters Lenin, Fidel Castro posters, Che Guevara posters

Author : Victoria E. Bonnell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998-02-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0520924061

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Iconography of Power by Victoria E. Bonnell Pdf

Masters at visual propaganda, the Bolsheviks produced thousands of vivid and compelling posters after they seized power in October 1917. Intended for a semi-literate population that was accustomed to the rich visual legacy of the Russian autocracy and the Orthodox Church, political posters came to occupy a central place in the regime's effort to imprint itself on the hearts and minds of the people and to remold them into the new Soviet women and men. In this first sociological study of Soviet political posters, Victoria Bonnell analyzes the shifts that took place in the images, messages, styles, and functions of political art from 1917 to 1953. Everyone who lived in Russia after the October revolution had some familiarity with stock images of the male worker, the great communist leaders, the collective farm woman, the capitalist, and others. These were the new icons' standardized images that depicted Bolshevik heroes and their adversaries in accordance with a fixed pattern. Like other "invented traditions" of the modern age, iconographic images in propaganda art were relentlessly repeated, bringing together Bolshevik ideology and traditional mythologies of pre-Revolutionary Russia. Symbols and emblems featured in Soviet posters of the Civil War and the 1920s gave visual meaning to the Bolshevik worldview dominated by the concept of class. Beginning in the 1930s, visual propaganda became more prescriptive, providing models for the appearance, demeanor, and conduct of the new social types, both positive and negative. Political art also conveyed important messages about the sacred center of the regime which evolved during the 1930s from the celebration of the heroic proletariat to the deification of Stalin. Treating propaganda images as part of a particular visual language, Bonnell shows how people "read" them—relying on their habits of seeing and interpreting folk, religious, commercial, and political art (both before and after 1917) as well as the fine art traditions of Russia and the West. Drawing on monumental sculpture and holiday displays as well as posters, the study traces the way Soviet propaganda art shaped the mentality of the Russian people (the legacy is present even today) and was itself shaped by popular attitudes and assumptions. Iconography of Power includes posters dating from the final decades of the old regime to the death of Stalin, located by the author in Russian, American, and English libraries and archives. One hundred exceptionally striking posters are reproduced in the book, many of them never before published. Bonnell places these posters in a historical context and provides a provocative account of the evolution of the visual discourse on power in Soviet Russia.

Author : Lincoln Cushing,Ann Tompkins
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0811859460

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Chinese Posters by Lincoln Cushing,Ann Tompkins Pdf

Introduction -- People, poverty, politics, and posters -- Nature and transformation -- Production and mechanization -- Women hold up half the sky -- Serve the people -- Solidarity -- Politics in command -- After the cultural revolution.

Author : Prestel Publishing
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791379425

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Building a New World by Prestel Publishing Pdf

This collection of nearly two dozen detachable, frameable, propaganda posters offer an outstanding selection of examples from East Germany, Russia, Southeast Asia, and China. Reproduced in startling color and printed on high-quality paper, they offer fascinating historical insight, as well as sublime examples of how graphic art can be both highly effective as well as visually stunning. The Russian October Revolution of 1917 marked the beginning of decades of communist rule that spanned large parts of the world. For many years and in many countries, the most reliable means of spreading state propaganda was through posters like the ones included in this beautiful collection. Distinguished by their bold, bright colors, and generally featuring one or two main figures or a single forceful image, they were ubiquitously plastered on the walls of factories, farms, office buildings, transportation centers, and public squares. They exhorted citizens to proclaim their patriotism through hard work, exercise, and loyalty, and celebrated technological advances in science, space travel, and architecture. Representing an impressive array of styles, cultures, and historical eras this collection is suitable for walls and coffee tables alike.

Author : Kristina Toland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1735441635

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Constructing Revolution by Kristina Toland Pdf

Author : David Christopher N. Heather
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political posters, German
ISBN : 3791348086

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DDR Posters by David Christopher N. Heather Pdf

Made available to the public for the first time, these posters from the archives of the German Historical Museum reveal a regime determined to influence and control the citizens of East Germany. In the age of the internet, poster art is fading into history, but its importance as historical document remains valuable and enlightening. An inexpensive and efficient means of mass communication, the poster was used extensively by Communist regimes in order to maintain state control. This collection of 150 of the most outstanding works from a selection of more than 10,000 posters archived by the German Historical Museum features works that are both poignant and valid in light of current global politics. Although propaganda posters were used in a variety of communist countries, those that emanated from East Germany are unique in their subtlety and nuanced messages. Many posters appropriate American or Western European symbols and others used humor to get their point across. Grouped chronologically according to such themes as post-war years, the prospect of peace, denouncement of the West, and praise for Communist allies, these beautifully reproduced works provide a historical and cultural snapshot of East Germany during its entire history.

Author : James Aulich,Marta Sylvestrová
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Europe, Central
ISBN : 0719054192

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Political Posters in Central and Eastern Europe, 1945-95 by James Aulich,Marta Sylvestrová Pdf

Publikacja towarzysząca wystawie - "Sign of the times": Manchester Metropolitan University, 17.11.1999 - 31.01.2000.

Author : Zedong Mao
Publisher : China Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : China
ISBN : 083512388X

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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung by Zedong Mao Pdf

Author : Kodjo Crobsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Ghana
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111187824

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--Power to the People by Kodjo Crobsen Pdf

Author : Damon Murray,Stephen Sorrell
Publisher : Fuel Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : 0993191150

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Алкоголь by Damon Murray,Stephen Sorrell Pdf

Includes two essays by Alexei Plutser-Sarno.

Author : Stefan Landsberger,Marien van der Heijden
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Bildband
ISBN : UCSD:31822037459005

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Chinese Posters by Stefan Landsberger,Marien van der Heijden Pdf

"Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of such major Russian groundbreaking avant-garde designers as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko as well as extraordinary works by lesser known artists." --Book Jacket.

Author : David King
Publisher : Tate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 184976347X

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Russian Revolutionary Posters by David King Pdf

"Russian Revolutionary Posters tells the story of the development of the Soviet poster, from the revolutionary period through to the death of Stalin, revealing the way in which tumultuous events within the Soviet Union were matched by equally dramatic shifts in graphic art and design. Written and designed by David King, one of the world's foremost experts on Soviet art and himself an internationally acclaimed graphic designer, the publication features posters drawn from his unparalleled collection, well known to visitors to Tate Modern in London. The book is arranged chronologically. Captions accompany each poster, explaining the historical and artistic context in which it was produced. Constructivist posters, socialist advertising, film posters of the 1920s, classic photomontage, the heroic posters of the Great Patriotic War, biting political satire and the cult of personality of the Stalin years are all here. The great names of Soviet poster design, including Alexander Rodchenko, El Lissitsky, Gustav Klutsis, Dimitri Moor, Viktor Demi and Nina Vatolina, all feature. However, some of the most arresting posters reproduced were created anonymously or by scarcely known artists whose work will be a revelation to many. King takes us behind the scenes, explaining the process involved in the commissioning of the posters and the key figures who coordinated poster campaigns, providing personal histories of the art directors and creative directors whose vision played such a vital role in soviet poster design. With an insightful introduction and over 165 images, some of which have never been seen before, this beautifully produced book will be the definitive survey of the subject for many years to come." -- Publisher's description.