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An examination of the success of visual propaganda used during the period of the Russian revolution from 1917-1924 and how it infiltrated the culture of the time

INTRODUCTION
- what the question is asking, brief overview of aim
- overview of contents within the chapters
- my methodology of working; what lens did I use, methods of research, why I decided to not look at certain aspects


CHAPTER 1
A historical background of russia
- life under the Tsar, what russia looked like, what art was like, why was there a need for a revolution
- Lenin and his utopian idea of communism, why was it needed? What was his vision? His outlook on art and design
- why was propaganda needed, how it was produced/distributed; printing relatively new process, would cover whole cities in posters, distribution was on such a massive scale
- compare pieces of art/propaganda from the two time periods

CHAPTER 2
- overview of constructivism, what the movement stood for, why it fit so well with communism, how it became the aesthetic of the revolution
- analyse particular pieces of propaganda; key figures (rodchenko, lissitzky) look at particular design techniques
- look at propaganda within the russian culture, how it took forms other than posters
- textiles, film, theatre
- look at psychological angle of propaganda; what we are more susceptible to, what will be more effective; apply that information to certain propaganda pieces 
- how the same aesthetic was everywhere, so even children's books, instruction manuals had the same look as the posters - they could even be considered propaganda

CHAPTER 3
- briefly look at the sudden contrast into Stalin's russia, how that also moved with the politics - they had lost Lenin's vision and turned communism into something much less for the people and more about stalin
- what is russia like now? examine russia under Putin?
- propaganda today, focus on north korea and possibly other forms of poster art which encompass a similar aesthetic
- end on a strong examination of a piece of propaganda which has lots of design techniques/was very effective

CONCLUSION
- propaganda was essential for success of russian revolution
- constructivism was short lived, but had such a massive influence on the rest of the world - everything about it highly innovative
- when considering revolution, that is the visuals usually accompanying
- has inspired a lot of other art movements, poster art etc. 
- the idea of communism may of not worked, but the effect of the propaganda managed to unite masses of people to revolt and stand up for what they wanted, and then succeed