constructivism and propaganda “not a minute of idleness, not a penny's worth of defects
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Constructivism and Propaganda
“Not a minute
Of idleness,
Not a penny's worth
Of defects
In film
Dzigi Vertov
“Cinema Eye”
In ArchitectureThe first Constructivist building. Leningrad (St
Petersburg) – the Palace of Culture (Dom Kultury)
Monumental
Workers and peasants united
(Hammer and Sickle)
Live Action
Mass exercise in the morning
In neat rows
Sportswomen on parade
1924
More neat rows
Anti-religious
“Religion is a poison –
protect the children”
Everything is Perfect in the New State
“Soviet means first-rate”
The Leader
“Soviets and Electrification
are the foundation of
the new world”
May Day Poster
“Workers of the world unite”
“Long live the International Union of
the Proletariat”
Train Propaganda
Agit-Prop Trains
(interior)