Propaganda arts​ in Post Office's statues

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Propaganda arts​ in Post Office's statues

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Nowadays, propaganda is often interpreted in a negative sense; but before the 20th century, it was often considered neutral, referring to a "conceptualized as a form of influence designed to build social consensus" (1).
Propaganda can be expressed in many types of material, such as TV, radio, newspapers, books, etc. At the Post Office (District 1, HCMC), there are two statues with characteristics of propaganda. Both of these statues depict a couple of young man and woman in wartime, but the difference is that their postures and faces seem to be shaped in an idealized way (facing forward, flowing cape behind the back; the face is quite abstract, and the angles are not clear, like a model / pattern).

Reference:
(1) Wikipedia. 2022. "Propaganda." Last modified June 18, 2022 (18 June 2022).

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Nguyen Van Trung

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Nguyen Van Trung, “Propaganda arts​ in Post Office's statues,” Augustus in Saigon!?, accessed December 23, 2024, https://augustusinsaigon.uni-trier.de/items/show/40.

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