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WW1 French propaganda poster. Wood framed & unframed high quality reproduction of original WWI print
SPECIFICATIONS:
• You can choose between: unframed wall art print or solid wood framed print with safety glass
• Handling time: 2 working days
• We use only the best quality eco friendly natural solid Beech tree wood from Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains
• Available frame colors are: black, brown, yellow
• Available frame styles: wall hanging poster frame or poster frame with stand (standing)
• Available sizes of the prints are: 5.8x8.3 inch (21x14.8 cm or A5 size), 8.3x11.7 inch (21x30 cm or A4 size), 11.7x16.5 inch (30x40 cm or A3 size) and 24x36 inch (92x65 cm or A1+ size)
• We print on a premium archive paper of the highest quality: 300 g/m2 with specialized pigment inks
• Our vintage style military posters are awesome for: wall decor, bedroom, bathroom, classroom, kids room, boys room, man cave, party, birthday, retirement, yard, bar, house, wedding, branch, indoor or outdoor, garden, home, office etc. Gift idea for reenactor, collector, airsoft gamer, veteran, history lover, boyfriend, girlfriend, mom, dad, wife, husband, groomsmen, or just for men or women
• Lifetime warranty!
ADDITIONAL INTERESTING INFORMATION
To tackle the question of propaganda in France during the Great War requires getting rid of some received ideas that might bias our discussion. First, we have to be wary about any value judgement. For example, in Julien Benda’s (1867-1956) famous essay, La trahison des clercs (The Treason of the Intellectuals) in 1927, he reproaches French intellectuals during the war for having deserted universal and humanist values for the sake of base national passions. Although worthy of interest, this analysis carries moral condemnation that is all the easier because the essay is retrospective. As shown by certain articles published in the French newspaper Le Figaro in 1917, Benda himself had difficulty in raising himself “above the mêlée”. Second, we should not ascribe to this war propaganda the efficacy and brutal nature associated with the totalitarian indoctrination policies of the 1930s. Certainly, social psychology had made notable progress in France before the war, particularly with the research of Gabriel de Tarde (1843-1904) and Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931) on the mechanisms of mobilizing “crowds”. That said, the manipulation of French opinion during the Great War was nothing like a “rape of the masses”. We have to remember that the French did not discover propaganda in 1914. The 19th century had instigated a long series of political regimes that did not spare their propaganda efforts. Since 1870, the French Republic had observed the rule of trying to root itself in the collective imagination and to promote remembrance sites - just as a veritable mass culture was appearing. In short, whether interpolated during electoral campaigns or during major political crises like the Dreyfus Affair from 1894 to 1906, whether mobilised during colonial or European tensions, French public opinion had become a stake and a major actor in political life. Public opinion was fashioned, constructed, and was conquered, but it also resisted and escaped attempts at manipulation.
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