Beginning with Augustus, the emperors of the imperial period made full use of [sculpture’s] potential as a tool for communicating specific ideologies to the Roman populace.
Grant, Michael "Roman Coins as Propaganda."
Publishing and Marketing Assistant Rachel High sits down with curators Melanie Holcomb and Barbara Boehm to discuss the process of putting together the ambitious catalogue Jerusalem, 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven and what their fascination with medieval Jerusalem has in common with their love of New York City.
illustrative of the period but also how art was involved in the process and served as propaganda
Said to have been found near the church of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Until 1828, collection of Count Nikolai Nikitich Demidov, Rome and Florence; after 1828, collection of Anatole Nikolaevich Demidov, later Prince of San Donato, Rome and St
Portraits of the emperor served the highly important function in imperial propaganda
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
grief, and anger, the selected works—from prints, photographs, and drawings to propaganda
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
of civil, economic, and social unrest, artists transmitted political ideas and propaganda
A selection of the artist’s prints candidly portrays the experience of women during periods of political oppression.
Rego also allowed the prints, which she frequently referred to as “propaganda,” to
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Outside of Cubism, she co-authored The Propaganda Front: Postcards from the Era of
Power struggles in 16th-century Italy were epic. See how one family crushed it.
Previously hostile to Medici rule, he became a key component of the propaganda machine
Discover the rich history of printmaking in Mexico and the The Met’s collecting of these prints.
the Departamento Autónomo de Prensa y Publicidad (DAPP; Department of Press and Propaganda
How did a decade of unprecedented financial strife, radical social upheaval, and technological innovation shape art and cultural identity in the United States?
magazine illustrations advocated for labor unions and communist and socialist causes; propaganda
