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Socialist Realism in art

We talked about this, and I specifically mentioned a few of these images, last week. The propagandistic effort here is clear: symbolically giving glory to the purported accomplishments and the leaders of communist regimes in art intended to be widely seen by the population, with the intended effect of getting people to buy into the ideological image of the regime, however inconsistent it might have been with reality.

This is the one I mentioned with the tractor arriving in the rural village, greeted enthusiastically by everyone
Lenin amiably chatting with some peasants
Stalin as majestic Youth Scout Leader–look especially at the two children’s faces that are in frontal view–worshipful admiration

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