UID:
kobvindex_INT0003040
Format:
1 electronic resource (xxii, 516 pages) :
,
colour illustrations.
ISBN:
9781760460624
,
1760460621
,
9781760460631
,
176046063X
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "Although the literature on Stalinist propaganda is enormous, there has been no dedicated study on the marketing of Stalin's personality cult in posters during the Stalinist period. [...] In this book, the Stalin propaganda posters are examined from an art historical iconographic and iconologic perspective, employing methodology that was first developed by Erwin Panofsky, and Fritz Saxl. This methodology focuses on imagery and the meaning of works of art, rather than on form. The iconographic analysis commences with a detailed and intensive study of the imagery employed in a large number of posters of Stalin, and the iconologic analysis explores the meaning inferred from this imagery, examined within the historic context in which the posters were produced. It is argued that the portrayal of Stalin in posters was not intended to reflect his personal qualities as a man, or even as a leader, but that his persona was constructed along archetypal and mythic lines in order to symbolise the essential qualities of Bolshevism as an ideology, and more concrete but impersonal entities, such as the Party and the state. The intention behind the use of Stalin as a symbol was primarily didactic."
Note:
MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The phenomenon of the personality cult : a historical perspective -- The rise of the Stalin personality cult -- Stalin is like a fairytale sycamore tree : Stalin as a symbol -- Stalin saves the world : Stalin and the evolution of the warrior and saviour archetypes -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Breakdown of posters in the research sample by year -- Appendix 2: Frequency trends in posters with images of Stalin in the research sample, and Stalin's appearances in Pravda -- Appendix 3: Posters of Stalin and Lenin by year -- Bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.22459/PCSSP.12.2016
