Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Fascist and communist art





Here are some pictures that might help you to visualize what we meant by "fascist and communist art" in class (not what Benjamin meant, because to him the two things were quite different while visually, you will see, they were quite similar). You can find many more examples browsing the web. The building is in Mussolini's EUR area of Rome. The Soviet posters can be recognized by the Russian writing. The rest are pictures from Hitler's 1936 rally in Nuremberg.
For those with a more serious interest: have a look at Susan Sontag's review of Liefa Riefenstahl's photographs.