POSTCARDS FROM UTOPIA

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 a rt performed a key function, giving visual dimension to an abstract political ideology. There is a striking similarity between the i dealized images from these countries. This book presents about fifty postcards from the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Chi na, betw...[Read more]