Why are we so easily seduced by propaganda? Trace the history of the art of persuasion. Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies asks the question: why are we so easily seduced by propaganda?

Propaganda was off to the races. As Peckham reminds us, art is also ultimately a tool to influence opinion and foment action; it “exists in an ambiguous space between propaganda and commerce.” ...

Following the Nazis' rise to power in 1933, he established a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda with Goebbels as its head. Goebbels promoted the Nazi message through art ...

Another purpose of propaganda posters in WWI was to raise morale at home, regardless of the realities at the front. Here Wilhelm and Franz Joseph, the emperor of Austria, are sent scurrying for ...

The evolution of murals in Poland traces back to the Communist era, during which they served as propaganda instruments for ...