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Bezig met laden... Chinese Propaganda Posters: From the Collection of Michael Wolf (origineel 1995; editie 2003)door Michael Wolf (Illustrator)
Informatie over het werkChinese Propaganda Posters door Stefan R. Landsberger (1995)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Taschen now offers a pocket version of this book about Chinese Communist propaganda posters in Soviet realism style (or in the US, Norman Rockwell-type idealistic illustrations). While the Chinese people endured war, famine and misery, the propaganda battle was waged in bright colors with happy protagonists marching towards a bright modern future of wealth, knowledge and technology. Unlike the kitsch of North Korea (which was exhibited in Vienna's MAK only a few years ago) or Romania's Ceaușescu, many of these posters have artistic merit and a positive message. Especially the powerful and modern role of women and girls in these paintings is appealing. In the West, such idealistic and futuristic paintings died out in the 1960s (the Mad Men era) to the 1970s (the fantasy idealism of Star Wars - commemorated by the genius retro travel posters). The end of Communism in Eastern Europe has killed off such illustrations in Eastern Europe (and also China), so that the Middle East, India and the rest of Asia are the remaining places for such non-ironic posters of the Great Leaders and the march of the people towards a brighter future. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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With his smooth, warm, ruddy face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (aka the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting factories, smoking a cigarette with peasant workers, standing by the Yangzi River in a bathrobe, presiding over the bow of a ship, or floating over a sea of red flags), flanked by strong, healthy, ageless men and "masculinized" women and children wearing baggy, sexless, drab clothing. The goal of each poster was to show the Chinese people what sort of behavior was considered morally correct and how great the future of Communist China would be if everyone followed the same path toward utopia by uniting together. This book brings together a selection of colorful propaganda artworks and cultural artifacts from Max Gottschalk's vast collection of Chinese propaganda posters, many of which are now extremely rare. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This particular edition is an oversized book. So, I suggest reading it flat on a table or laying in bed. The reproduction quality seems very good, and the annotations are informative, including telling you what banners and book titles in the paintings mean. The book also features some good introductory material to put the posters in context. Nowadays, these posters have mostly become collector items in and out of China. But they do depict a specific time period in China, and I think they do reflect a lot of the aspirations of the people, or at least of the CCP and what they wanted for their nation. This is definitely an interesting book to look through, but one also has to look at it as a piece to learn about history. Academic libraries with art collections or any history of Asia collections probably should have this. ( )