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In the Name of Peace And Progress! “Let’s conquer space!”

In the Name of Peace And Progress!

For your attention is a set of nice posters of the Soviet Space Program 1958-1963. Motherland! You’ve been the first to light a star of progress and peace over the Earth! Glory to science, glory to labor, Glory to the Soviet regime! They were given a way on the path by the people, the giant and the creator of priceless treasures, And they stood up, as heroes of new epic, Gagarin, Titov, Nikolaev, Popovich. Let there be peace! Motherland, your mission is fulfilled! In the name of peace Socialism is our launching platform Reporting – the mission is fulfilled Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Glory! One Sunset, One Sunrise. When Spring Comes To Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is best when seasons change.

When Spring Comes To Kazakhstan

There is nothing more beautiful than winter yielding to spring, when the sun shines brighter and air fills with the smells of the awakening ground. Check out Konstantin Kikvidze’s photographs of the Karaganda and Vostochnyy Kazakhstan regions taken at this very moment. On the way to Ust-Kamenogorsk. Lakes in the area of Sibiny. Mount Belukha and Lake Yazevoye.

Local people believe this place to be sacred and sometimes come here to make a wish. Propaganda Design & Aesthetics: Soviet Retro Posters. With the coming of revolution in Russia in 1917, one of the great powers of the world turned abruptly into a regime that embodied ideas that were radically different from those of the established powers of the day.

Propaganda Design & Aesthetics: Soviet Retro Posters

Accompanying a new outlook on politics and economy, there had to be renewal and change in other areas too, including the way the new state presented itself and its ideas. The revolution coincided with a period of many radically different art forms in western culture, dada, futurism, constructivism, surrealism and so on. Especially in its early years, propaganda posters produced in Soviet Russia were influenced by such movements. Though the more experimental looks eventually gave way to designs more akin to what could be seen in other western countries, Soviet propaganda still retained a look of its own, beyond the presence of cyrillic lettering. A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of Communism - 1920 Beat the Whites with the red wedge- 1920 Beware of the wheels! No! Second Great Patriotic War « Art and Faith. Art and Faith Friday, 8 March 2013 Yuri Gorelov.

Second Great Patriotic War « Art and Faith

Do Russians Want War? 1962 Filed under: 20th century,allegory,fine art,historical,human study,military,patriotic,Russian,Second Great Patriotic War,Soviet period,USSR — 01varvara @ 00.00 Tags: Allegory, anti-war, Eastern Front (World War II), Great Patriotic War, History, horrors of war, Neo-Impressionism, Painting, patriotic, peace, pro-peace, Red Army, Russia, Russian, Russian history, soldiers, Soviet Union, USSR, war, Wars and Conflicts, World War II Do Russians Want War?

Minimal Movie Posters: Image Gallery. Harry Clarke, Illustrations for E. A. Poe. Harry Clarke, Illustrations for E.

Harry Clarke, Illustrations for E. A. Poe

A. Poe A friend gave me her parents' copy of this 1923 rarity to scan: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Poe, illustrated by Harry Clarke (Ireland, 1889 - 1931). She remembers being fascinated and haunted by details like the killer's toes from The Tell-Tale Heart. Also, don't miss this cartoon on YouTube: 'The Tell-Tale Heart is a wonderful animated short film of 1953 based on Edgar Allan Poe short-story. I should thank here Cary Loren and Gilbert Alter-Gilbert, who earlier this year turned me on to Harry Clarke, independently, within minutes of each other. I have not seen the 2008 Calla edition (Calla seems to be a division of Dover, marketing to bibliophiles), but it includes all 8 color images and the 24 large monotone images, so I would say buy it before it's gone.

Here are the 24 black and white images. All Harry Clarke posts on 50 Watts Tweet this. Alexander aksakov photography. Kris Kuksi. HR Giger - The Official Website. Zdzislaw Beksinski - Official website presented by Belvedere Gallery. ZDZISLAW BEKSINSKI. Boris Vallejo Gallery. Russian Artists. Evgeny kiselev / digital artist.