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Artists like Thayaht and Gerardo Dottori used Aeropainting to glorify flight, war, and the geometric profile of Il Duce .
Romanticizing agrarian life and the German peasantry. In 1937, the Nazis organized the "Degenerate Art"
Hitler, a failed painter himself, despised modern art. In 1937, the Nazis organized the "Degenerate Art" (Entartete Kunst)
Mussolini’s Italy was a bit of an outlier. Unlike Stalin or Hitler, Mussolini initially embraced the Soviet Union
Golomstock argues that totalitarian art is not just a collection of various propaganda styles, but a . He coined the term "total realism" to describe it.
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The Communist government established the Chinese Artists' Association, which controlled the production and exhibition of art in China. The regime promoted a cult of personality around Mao, with art and propaganda often blurring into one another. Mao's image was omnipresent in Chinese art, with paintings, sculptures, and posters depicting him as a wise and benevolent leader.
The Visual Vocabulary of Absolute Power Totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century shared a singular goal: the total subordination of the individual to the state. To achieve this, the Soviet Union, the Third Reich, Fascist Italy, and the People’s Republic of China weaponized visual culture. the Third Reich