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It\u2019s so cool to see more of it.I love some of the colour palettes. In particular, the green/orange or green/pink ones. They aren\u2019t entirely unique on their own, but combined with the art style it feels very distinct. My favourite is one of a woman with a basket of watermelons on her back. The colours are like an intense fiery orange with deep greens and almost blue tones on the melons. I really need to translate the messages on them. (reply?id=43150615&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150615) reply (vote?id=43152808&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=thanhhaimai) thanhhaimai (2025-02-23T20:17:28 1740341848) (item?id=43152808) 22 minutes ago | prev | next [\u2013] This is such a great collection!However, many of the translations are incorrect. For example: This text: > D\u01b0\u1edbi ng\u1ecdn c\u1edd quang vinh c\u1ee7a \u0111\u1ea3ng, nh\u00e2n d\u00e2n Ngh\u1ec7-An X\u00f4 Vi\u1ebft anh h\u00f9ng Is translated as: > Under the glorious flag of the Vietnamese Communist Party, the people of Nghe An will crush their American enemies. But it should be: > Under the glorious flag of the [Vietnamese Communist] Party, the people of Nghe An are Soviet heroes. There was no mention of \"crush their American enemies\" at all. I would exercise caution and encourage the readers to double check the translation. Edit: after reading more of the page, I changed my post from \"some incorrect\" to \"many incorrect\" (reply?id=43152808&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343152808) reply (vote?id=43150168&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=xrd) xrd (2025-02-23T15:58:09 1740326289) (item?id=43150168) 4 hours ago | prev | next [\u2013] Wow, this is terrific. I love it. Lots of art online is curated with \"traditional\" art. This takes cultural movements and finds art associated with those moments. So fascinating! (reply?id=43150168&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150168) reply (vote?id=43151724&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=tyre) tyre (2025-02-23T18:30:32 1740335432) (item?id=43151724) 2 hours ago | prev | next [\u2013] I love these types of posters. A couple months ago someone posted prints from Canada's Department of Agriculture. Lots of fun ones there too. Anyone have other examples?(https://www.fifteen.ca/collections/agricultural-arts) https://www.fifteen.ca/collections/agricultural-arts (reply?id=43151724&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343151724) reply (vote?id=43152330&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=IncreasePosts) IncreasePosts (2025-02-23T19:29:26 1740338966) (item?id=43152330) 1 hour ago | prev | next [\u2013] You can really see the early 20th c French influence here (reply?id=43152330&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343152330) reply (vote?id=43150093&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=mytailorisrich) mytailorisrich (2025-02-23T15:49:02 1740325742) (item?id=43150093) 4 hours ago | prev | next [\u2013] For some of the 'undated' book covers it is possible to at least assert the year of print because they seem to be limited prints certified with a handwritten note in French.Fore example on the Kh\u00f4n S\u1ed1ng D\u1ea1i Ch\u1ebft book cover it is handwritten \"tirage 1000 Saigon le 27/1/34\". So it is a 1,000 copy print certified as such on the 27th January 1934. (reply?id=43150093&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150093) reply (vote?id=43151988&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=creer) creer (2025-02-23T18:55:34 1740336934) (item?id=43151988) 1 hour ago | prev | next [\u2013] See also, India hand painted movie posters. (reply?id=43151988&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343151988) reply (user?id=ogou) ogou (2025-02-23T16:08:54 1740326934) (item?id=43150290) 4 hours ago | prev [8 more] [flagged] (vote?id=43151550&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=TomWhitwell) TomWhitwell (2025-02-23T18:14:29 1740334469) (item?id=43151550) 2 hours ago | parent | next [\u2013] Such a wild take after looking at, for example, a propaganda poster captioned \u201cWork together to develop pig breeding and new varieties of rice\u201d where the artist has decided to make the pigs in question bright purple with yin-yang signs on their backs. (reply?id=43151550&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343151550) reply (vote?id=43150461&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=thwg) thwg (2025-02-23T16:24:05 1740327845) (item?id=43150461) 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [\u2013] Rude. (reply?id=43150461&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150461) reply (vote?id=43150551&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=agumonkey) agumonkey (2025-02-23T16:30:23 1740328223) (item?id=43150551) 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [\u2013] makes me wanna find pre ww2 visual art from there (reply?id=43150551&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150551) reply (vote?id=43150618&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B) JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B (2025-02-23T16:36:04 1740328564) (item?id=43150618) 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [\u2013] I wouldn't say it like that, but it represents basic communist-style propaganda until the 80s where they replaced everything with half-naked ladies. It's still interesting from a historical point of view. (reply?id=43150618&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150618) reply (vote?id=43150863&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=rexpop) rexpop (2025-02-23T16:58:45 1740329925) (item?id=43150863) 3 hours ago | parent | prev [\u2013] What a ridiculously narrow perspective. Of course the art is massively influenced by a) Soviet propaganda, and b) communist hegemony, but at the same time every stroke of the pen is a decision by a conscious, thinking individual.And several of the items\u2014\"Love Poems of Hue\"\u2014aren't overly propagandistic. So really, you're just dehumanizing an entire people, which is disgusting. (reply?id=43150863&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343150863) reply (vote?id=43151469&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=bee_rider) bee_rider (2025-02-23T18:04:57 1740333897) (item?id=43151469) 2 hours ago | root | parent | next [\u2013] Also a lot of these are stamps and explicit propaganda posters, right? Like what do people expect. Stamps are\u2026 I mean, it is cool when a nice picture is used but it isn\u2019t high art right? Some flora or fauna is pretty standard postage stamp fare. And they are well drawn.Propaganda posters, of course, lean into propagandistic tropes as a language. For propaganda posters they are pretty creative and well drawn. Better than a dozen pictures of Uncle Sam rolling up his sleeves. (reply?id=43151469&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343151469) reply (vote?id=43151290&how=up&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266) (upvote) (user?id=JusticeJuice) JusticeJuice (2025-02-23T17:43:16 1740332596) (item?id=43151290) 2 hours ago | root | parent | prev [\u2013] +1Also, this collection spans much more time than communist Vietnam? 1900-2020s? Weird take. (reply?id=43151290&goto=item%3Fid%3D43149266%2343151290) reply Join us for (https://events.ycombinator.com/ai-sus) AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco! 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It\u2019s so cool to see more of it.I love some of the colour palettes. In particular, the green/orange or green/pink ones. They aren\u2019t entirely unique on their own, but combined with the art style it feels very distinct.My favourite is one of a woman with a basket of watermelons on her back. The colours are like an intense fiery orange with deep greens and almost blue tones on the melons. I really need to translate the messages on them.\n \n \n This is such a great collection!However, many of the translations are incorrect. For example:This text:> D\u01b0\u1edbi ng\u1ecdn c\u1edd quang vinh c\u1ee7a \u0111\u1ea3ng, nh\u00e2n d\u00e2n Ngh\u1ec7-An X\u00f4 Vi\u1ebft anh h\u00f9ngIs translated as:> Under the glorious flag of the Vietnamese Communist Party, the people of Nghe An will crush their American enemies.But it should be:> Under the glorious flag of the [Vietnamese Communist] Party, the people of Nghe An are Soviet heroes.There was no mention of \"crush their American enemies\" at all.I would exercise caution and encourage the readers to double check the translation.Edit: after reading more of the page, I changed my post from \"some incorrect\" to \"many incorrect\"\n \n \n \n Wow, this is terrific. I love it. Lots of art online is curated with \"traditional\" art. This takes cultural movements and finds art associated with those moments. So fascinating!\n \n \n \n \n \n For some of the 'undated' book covers it is possible to at least assert the year of print because they seem to be limited prints certified with a handwritten note in French.Fore example on the Kh\u00f4n S\u1ed1ng D\u1ea1i Ch\u1ebft book cover it is handwritten \"tirage 1000 Saigon le 27/1/34\". So it is a 1,000 copy print certified as such on the 27th January 1934.\n \n \n \n \n \n Such a wild take after looking at, for example, a propaganda poster captioned \u201cWork together to develop pig breeding and new varieties of rice\u201d where the artist has decided to make the pigs in question bright purple with yin-yang signs on their backs.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n I wouldn't say it like that, but it represents basic communist-style propaganda until the 80s where they replaced everything with half-naked ladies. It's still interesting from a historical point of view.\n \n \n \n What a ridiculously narrow perspective. 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