Archive for the 'propaganda arts' Category
Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
TROUBLED U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, FROM 1917 TO TODAY: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION
• December 30, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Communism, Communists, Constructivism, donations, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: Alexander Kerensky, American intervention, Barrack Obama, Bolsheviks, C.I.A., cartoons, Cyberattacks, destabilization, diplomacy, Donald Trump, First World War (1914-1918), hacking, John Reed's 10 Days That Shook the World, Leon Trotsky, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., propaganda, Propaganda posters, Provisional Government (Russia), regime change, ROSTA, Russian Civil War, Russian revolution, Russian Telegraph Agency (St. Petersburg Russia), sanctions, Sergey V. Lavrov, Soviet Union, U.S. presidential election (November 2016), U.S.-Russian relations, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Vlacheslav Polonskii (1886-1932), Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Vladimir Ivanovich Lebedev (1894-1966), Vladimir Lenin, Vladimir Putin, World War I
Long Shot: Populist Politician and Presidential Contender Huey Pierce Long Assassinated This Day In History
• September 8, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, exhibitions, Fascism, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: assassinations, bridges, crown of thorns, demogogues, Every Man A King (campaign song), Francis Xavier Luca, governors, Great Depression, highways, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Ku Klux Klan, library installations, Louisiana, Populists, presidential contenders, presidential elections, Senators, Share Our Wealth society, The Politics of -Isms (library installation)
Political Isms: A New Wolfsonian Library Installation Opens To the Public
• August 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979), Communism, Demagogues, Fascism, Father Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gerald L. K. Smith, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), isms, National Union for Social Justice, Nazism, presidential elections, Share the Wealth movement, Socialism, the "radio priest", William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
A Dedication to Liberty: A Wolfsonian—FIU Reflection on the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
• October 28, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Alabama, American left artists, American war propaganda, Armistice Day, Artists, Children's propaganda books, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, First World War (1914-1918), gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), international expositions, Italy, leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Nazism, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Scottsboro Trial, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), “Liberty Enlightening the World”, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), France, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), John Q. Public, Ku Klux Klan, Lady Liberty, Marianne, Natacha Carlu, Statue of Liberty, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991), Victory Gold Levi Collection
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THROUGH WESTERN EYES: VISITS TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY BY SOME COLOMBIAN SCHOLARS AND A GROUP OF YOUNG AFRICAN LEADERS
• July 15, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Boers, colonial propaganda, colonialism, decorative arts, displays, donations, Ethiopia, ethnohistory, FIU, Folklorists, gifts, graphic arts, Italian design, Italy, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, ocean liners, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, South African War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Zulus
Tags: Art Deco posters, Aurelio Bertiglia (1891-?), Avram Glazer, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Block books, Boer Wars, carpets, Escuela de Diseno Grafico, Ethiopia, Frederic A. Sharf, Frijoles Canyon Pictoraphs, Great Northern Railway, Gustave Baumann, Hoke Denetsosie, Indian art, Indian culture, Indian dancers, indigenous art, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Jill Glazer, John Collier, Jose Jairo Vargas, Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), Luz Helena Ballestas Rincon, Maude Oakes, medicine man, Native American art, Native American culture, Navaho, Navaho rugs, Navaho War ceremonial, Navajo, Navajo Indian Reservation, New Deal, Pictographs, Plains Indians, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, primers, sand paintings, Santa Fe (New Mexico), School of Graphic Design at the National University of Colombia, South African Wars, Symbols, Turkish periodicals, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Winold Reiss (1886-1953)
OVERT / COVERT: MIAMI DADE COLLEGE STUDENTS USE WOLFSONIAN ART OBJECTS TO DECODE THE ICONOGRAPHY OF LABOR
• April 18, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, Aryans, CCC, Communism, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Constructivism, curators, FAP, Fascism, FDR, Federal One, Futurism, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), interns, Italian design, Italy, leftist artists, Miami Dade College, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, photography, photomontage, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, skyscrapers, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, WPA, youth movements
Tags: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Amanda E. Caceres, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bill Iverson, Carolina Gutierrez, Cecilia Arellano, Charlie Chaplin, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Diana E. Lopez, Fascist Italy, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Freedom Tower, Giselle Gonzalez, Great Depression, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italian Futurism, Jonathan Sanabria, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Juan D. Rojas, labor, Lea Nickless, Lewis Hine (1874-1940), Lynd Kendall Ward (1905-1985), Marta Palao, Miami Dade College, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Study Centre, Modern Times (film), Museum of Art + Design, National Socialism, Nazi Germany, neo-classicism, New Deal, Overt/Covert (exhibition), Photomontage, propaganda, Russian Constructivism, Savannah Diaz, Soviet Union, student curators, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), work, working class, Yanelis Valdes
