Soviet propaganda posters were designed to reach a largely illiterate population and deliver ideological messages instantly.

Soviet propaganda was more than just posters of smiling workers and strong leaders, it was a psychological tool designed to grow a profound sense of paranoia. From anti-religious posters to haunting ...

Joseph Stalin’s plan to modernize the Soviet Union’s economy, beginning in 1928, carried enormous cost for the country—especially in its human toll. Agricultural collectivization disrupted the food ...

The exhibition explores the remarkably wide-ranging body of propaganda posters created as an artistic consequence of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Marking its centennial, this exhibition delves into a ...

Erik Bulatov, the Soviet-born artist who became a key figure in the underground movement of the 1970s and 80s, known for ...

Last summer, a staffer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was digging through stacks of 19th century drawings when they stumbled upon something strange. It was a nondescript box with the vague label ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, after the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The foundations of Russian socialist realism were provided by Nicholai G. Chernyshevsky (1828 - 1889), translator and critical commentator of John Stuart Mills’ Principles of Political Economy. An ...