Heroic realism

#Heroic Realism

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WW 2 British poster encouraging women joining the work force

come into the factories

Seven poster stories from 50 years ago - when the Soviet Union fought the Space Race.

Captain America wants you to watch your language.

She's a WOW / Woman Ordinance Worker. 1942 - Poster Description: Artist: ADOLPH TREIDLER (1886-1981) Size: 28 1/4 x 40 1/2 in./71.6 x 103 cm U.S. Government Printing Office Displaying both power and beauty, this woman represents the Women Ordnance Workers - an integral part of the war effort wherein working class women left domestic service to assemble munitions in rural factories. This job was incredibly dangerous as a minute mistake could lead to an explosion on the job or a misfire…

USSR poster designed by Gustav Klutsis. This was the photomontage style that he and his wife used consistently after Constructivism and the work of such designers as Rodchenko and Mayakosky were considered by the new regime as "too elitist". Black and red, the heroic worker, the oblique layout with the hand holding the flagpole etc. became his stock approach to propaganda design. I am not sure about the date for this. Klutsis and his wife Valentina Kulagina designed with photography and the…

Each of the three types of individuals are depicted with the emblem of the Soviet Union in the background.