The People's Army is the Root of Victory
Poster
ca. 1970 (made)
ca. 1970 (made)
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Through the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Mao Zedong aimed to reinvigorate Communism in China and eliminate traditional urban class differences. The peasant in this typical trio of worker/soldier/peasant is older than his comrades, indicating the wisdom to be learned from peasant society. A 'saturation campaign' of visual propaganda was a primary vehicle for disseminating the new ideologies. Themes and forms were rigidly prescribed and the idealised figures were often copied from source books. This poster conforms to a style described as 'red, bright, shining' (hong, guang, liang).
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Title | The People's Army is the Root of Victory (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithograph |
Brief description | Anonymous Cultural Revolution Poster. China, ca. 1970. |
Physical description | Poster |
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Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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Summary | Through the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Mao Zedong aimed to reinvigorate Communism in China and eliminate traditional urban class differences. The peasant in this typical trio of worker/soldier/peasant is older than his comrades, indicating the wisdom to be learned from peasant society. A 'saturation campaign' of visual propaganda was a primary vehicle for disseminating the new ideologies. Themes and forms were rigidly prescribed and the idealised figures were often copied from source books. This poster conforms to a style described as 'red, bright, shining' (hong, guang, liang). |
Other number | LS.1470 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.1759-2004 |
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Record created | August 23, 2004 |
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