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Postcards from Utopia

Hardcover • 2009 • English

Postcards from Utopia

By Andrew Roberts

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About the book

Presidents, Prime Ministers and Secretary Generals of totalitarian states in the twentieth century have been highly conscious of the need to present a national image suited to the new political culture they sought to inculcate. In these regimes, state-sanctioned art performed a key function, giving visual dimension to an abstract political ideology. There is a striking similarity between the idealized images from these countries. This book presents about fifty postcards from the Soviet Union, G...Show more

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9781851243372

Publisher

The Bodleian Library

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Postcards from Utopia

Format

Hardcover

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