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Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring (American illustration, 1938)
Text: Roman Holiday in the Spanish Bull Ring. Year: 1938. Publisher: Ken. Artist: Derso & Kelen. Additional information: The illustration depicts Spain personified as a bull, symbolizing the nation, being slain by weapons representing various factions of the Spanish Civil War. The bull is impaled with a sickle, a swastika-handled sword, a star-and-crescent sword, a…
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It has come to pass (Soviet painting, 1960)
Text: NA. Year: 1960. Publisher: NA. Artist: Sergei Lukin. Additional information: The painting depicts a Bolshevik revolutionary standing next to the Tsar’s throne in the Winter Palace, symbolizing the triumph of the October Revolution. Created by Lukin to commemorate the anniversary of the revolution, currently housed in the V. I. Lenin Museum.
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South African cartoon, 1983
Text: NA. Year: August 1983. Publisher: Sechaba. Artist: NA. Additional information: The cartoon depicts the character of apartheid being crushed under the weight of Africa. Published in Sechaba, official journal of the African National Congress.
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