Fascist Posters

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Fascist Posters
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• Many of the fascist posters were about war.
• Italian war posters of WWII are amongst the most
  powerful, vitriolic and racist ever created.
  Perhaps due to the nations ambivalence about its
  alliance with Germany, artists were called on to
  stir the population with rabid images. One of the
  most notable was Gino Boccasiles image of a
  Black American GI, resembling a gorilla,
  clutching the Venus de Milo which he has marked
  with a sale price of 2.

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General Franco
Good Blood Doesnt Lie
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"Xa MAS Auxiliary Service. Center for enlistment
Xa MAS".
"Everything and everyone for victory".
"Victory. For the new social order, for
civilization".
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Propaganda pamphlet making the case that Italy is
a prisoner in the Mediterranean because it lacks
control over Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, and the
Dardanelles.
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• In Mussolinis early career he liked to show
  himself as a master of everything. Often showing
  himself with famous musicians or writers.
  
• Mussolini usually put his face on posters and
  tried to make it seem powerful and imposing by
  having it looking down.
  

"Italy finally has its empire"!
Typical for the early period of Fascism, this
special issue of the monthly Mussolinia glorifies
Mussolini and presents him as an expert in almost
all things. The journal opens with full-page
photographs of Mussolini posing with famous
composers and playing the violin, and describes
his involvement with musicians and musical
events.
Typical for the early period of Fascism, this
special issue of the monthly Mussolinia glorifies
Mussolini and presents him as an expert in almost
all things. The journal opens with full-page
photographs of Mussolini posing with famous
composers and playing the violin, and describes
his involvement with musicians and musical
events.
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