Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster, 1914-1989: Posters, sculpture and film. Through Jan. 1. Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford.

"The propaganda poster is very, very unique," says Yang. "They describe the history with so many detailed pictures. ... It's the political equivalent of the children's song "Ten Little Indians." ...

China's propaganda posters offer a prism through which to view Chinese politics. ... at least us political junkies. The posters not only tell the PRC’s always turbulent and often tragic history.

Dissecting Soviet Propaganda Posters: ... With the political revolution over, it was now time for an industrial revolution. Revolutionary leader Lenin had died in 1924 and his successor, General ...

The spring quarter arrives with a number of new art exhibitions:: • Nelson Gallery -- Visualizing Revolution: Propaganda Posters from the People's Republic of China, 1949-1989, comprising 78 prints ...

“I think World War I posters symbolize the merging of patriotism and advertising in the United States, and in many ways, serve as a precedent for our contemporary political propaganda ...

That's the sound of jaws dropping when the annual International Vintage Poster Fair opens tonight at the Chicago Cultural Center for its weekend run. One section houses rare military posters ...

Museum founder Gordon B. Lankton, who built the museum which houses his personal collection of 700 icons, said the posters consistently "portray the U.S. and Americans in a bad light’’ as a ...

Down With [fill in the blank].” Modern propaganda began here. The bold, brash examples that are hanging at the Wolfsonian — about 50 of them — are in their essence political and ideological ...

But instead of seeing poster propaganda in post offices and on government buildings, ... The posters, he says, are not just political; they are worth seeing for their beauty.

Gates based the posters on World War II-era propaganda posters, some of them quite familiar. (His day job is at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.) In some cases, the original watermarks and ...

A letter from the Civil War, the first gay novel ever authored, a poster left on a tree in front of Vernon Dahmer's house — these are just some of the items on exhibit in "Mississippi ...