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firehat's avatar

What’s interesting to me is how pretty these are. Most modern propaganda, which pretends to be unaware it is propaganda, is intentionally unaesthetic.

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Nick Stevens Graphics's avatar

I think you are right.

Perhaps it is related to the way that glorifying the Soviet successes in space pretty much replaced traditional Christmas cards? So in many cases a similar style became a consumer product...

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Chris J. Karr's avatar

Very cool!

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Nick Stevens Graphics's avatar

Thanks, it looks like there's enough interest for a part 2 at some point...

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Steven Jones's avatar

Fantastic! Beautiful artwork captured the zeitgeist of the era.

Ekranoplan Buran carrier! That calls for a scale model project.

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Ronald Purviance's avatar

So amazing and colorful! I need some on my wall!

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Nick Stevens Graphics's avatar

The versions you see when you click are fairly high res, and I don't claim any copyright on them. At least some, and maybe all are good enough for printing?

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