-Mao rises above a landscape that contains a power line as a symbol of industrialization -Iconic representation of the great leader’s career -Poster-like; vivid colors, dramatic, and with an obvious political message
--Painted during the cultural revolution of 1966-76; high art was dismissed as feudal or bourgeois; art was created to be of service to the state -Based on an oil painting by Liu Chunhua, which first appeared at the Beijing Museum of the Revolution in 1967 -This type of art was done anonymously; individual artistic fame was seen as a counterculture in a collectivist party. -A moment in the 1920s; Mao on his way to Anyuan to lead a miners’ strike -Mao worked for reforms for miners; supported a local strike for better wages, working conditions, and education -For many people, this action formed a permanent bond with the Communist party.
-Done as propaganda: Maco appears youthful, heroic, and idealized. -May be the most reproduced image ever made: 900,000,00 copies were generated
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