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Propaganda Art Research Paper

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Vocabulary: Folk Art: Work produced outside the professional tradition. Popular Art: Contemporary art enjoyed by the masses. Propaganda Art: Art that is trying to persuade people towards a particular political opinion. Kitsch: Works that realistically depict objects and events in a pretentious and vulgar manner. For my Humanities final I have decided to do a piece of Propaganda art. Whether it is art, will have to remain to be seen… For starters, my chosen image is designed to look like a Wanted poster. The person on it looks like your everyday, stereotypical, young housewife from the 1940s. The poster reads as follows: Wanted! (Then there is the woman’s picture) For Murder. Her Careless Talk cost lives. As for most if not all images, a bit of background might prove useful in understanding it-- then deciding if it is to be considered art or not. So this one goes back to 1942, after the United States entered the Second World War these types of images could be seen plastered everywhere. A common phrase seen on propaganda art is “Loose Lips Sink Ships” which implies that talking too much might reveal crucial information to the enemy, resulting in the deaths of our soldiers. …show more content…

The most likely reason for the woman being very average in appearance goes back to the very purpose of propaganda art. Propaganda exists to convince the populace of a certain political point, and to in force certain ideas in their mind. So it is so that the viewer, this one is targeted towards ladies, can imagine herself as the woman, on the poster. To think what it would be like if they spread gossip, and those whispers cost hundreds of men their very

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