{"product_id":"chinese-cultural-revolution-poster-广阔天地炼红心-in-the-vast-world-forge-a-red-heart","title":"Chinese Cultural Revolution Poster; 广阔天地炼红心 (\"In the vast world, forge a red heart\")","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"294\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eA striking Chinese Cultural Revolution-period propaganda poster promoting the revolutionary ideal of labour, agricultural work, and ideological self-improvement. The composition features a smiling young woman driving a tractor beneath radiant imagery of Chairman Mao, accompanied by the slogan:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"350\" data-start=\"296\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"307\" data-start=\"296\"\u003e广阔天地炼红心\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"310\" data-start=\"307\"\u003e(\"In the vast world, forge a red heart\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"810\" data-start=\"352\"\u003eThe slogan reflects one of the central themes of late-1960s Maoist political culture, particularly associated with the movement encouraging urban youth to work and live in the countryside in order to develop revolutionary values through labour and collective effort. The imagery combines several classic elements of Cultural Revolution visual language, including mechanised agriculture, youthful idealism, Mao iconography, and optimistic socialist symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1014\" data-start=\"812\"\u003eProduced in a bold graphic style with strong black outlines and vivid red and yellow colouring, closely reflecting the woodcut-inspired aesthetic widely employed in Chinese propaganda art of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1163\" data-start=\"1016\"\u003ePrinted in colour on thin paper stock. The poster carries a printed date of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1100\" data-start=\"1092\"\u003e1968\u003c\/strong\u003e, placing it firmly within the high Cultural Revolution period. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWe cannot verify the exact printing date - whether this was actually printed in 1968 or a later printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1409\" data-start=\"1165\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOverall condition is very good for a poster printed on fairly thin paper stock. Some light edge wear and minor signs of age. Colours remain bold and strong. A clean and highly displayable example overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1427\" data-start=\"1411\"\u003eText in Chinese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1481\" data-start=\"1429\"\u003eApproximate dimensions: approximately 785mm x 540mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1689\" data-start=\"1483\"\u003eAn attractive and visually strong example of late-1960s Chinese Cultural Revolution propaganda art, particularly appealing for its classic Mao-era imagery and striking agricultural socialist realist design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"735\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWill be supplied rolled, in mailing tube.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lanna Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55734468018561,"sku":"LAN10232","price":205.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/0351\/9943\/files\/ChineseCulturalRevolutionPoster_Inthevastworld_forgearedheart_IMG_5527.jpg?v=1779968912","url":"https:\/\/www.lannaantique.com\/en-us\/products\/chinese-cultural-revolution-poster-%e5%b9%bf%e9%98%94%e5%a4%a9%e5%9c%b0%e7%82%bc%e7%ba%a2%e5%bf%83-in-the-vast-world-forge-a-red-heart","provider":"Lanna Antique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}