Korea: North Korean (DPRK) propaganda fresco promoting education and production, c. 1950s-1960s. Socialist Realism is a style of realistic art which developed under Socialism in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist Realism is a teleologically-oriented style having as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism. Although related, it should not be confused with Social Realism, a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern. Socialist Realism generally glorifies the ideology of the communist state.


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