Object Details
Artist
Xu Wenhua
Date
1980
Medium
Poster
Dimensions
Window mat: 28 3/4 × 18 3/4 inches (73 × 47.6 cm)
Frame: 41 1/2 × 50 inches (105.4 × 127 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Andrew Byong-Soo Kim, MBA 1963, and Wan Kyun Rha Kim
Object
Number
2004.038.002
A target audience for many propaganda posters during the Four Modernizations period was young people(…)
A target audience for many propaganda posters during the Four Modernizations period was young people, since they would serve an important role in helping China reach its modernization goals by the year 2000. Posters aimed at primary-school children advocate courteous behavior, practicing good hygiene, honoring teachers and elders, and respecting social morality. Other posters overtly convey political messages to instill service to the Socialist cause and loyalty to the mother country.
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