tranh cổ động
Definition
- Noun:
- Propaganda poster / Political poster: A picture, often combining artistic imagery with text, designed and displayed to promote a specific political idea, ideology, social campaign, or government policy. It is a tool for mass communication and persuasion.
- Promotional poster: In a broader sense, it can refer to a poster created to advertise or raise public awareness about a social, cultural, or health-related issue.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những bức tranh cổ động thời chiến rất có sức mạnh cổ vũ tinh thần. (Wartime propaganda posters were very powerful in boosting morale.)
- Bộ Y tế phát hành tranh cổ động về phòng chống sốt xuất huyết. (The Ministry of Health issued promotional posters about dengue fever prevention.)
- Triển lãm trưng bày các tranh cổ động của Liên Xô cũ. (The exhibition displays old Soviet propaganda posters.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often associated with 20th-century art movements and state-produced art in socialist countries, where such posters were a primary medium for public messaging.
- In contemporary art contexts, "tranh cổ động" may be studied for its historical, aesthetic, and sociological value.
Variants and Related Words
- Áp-phích (Affiche) (n): A direct loanword from French, often used synonymously with "tranh cổ động," especially in artistic contexts.
- Anh sưu tầm áp-phích nghệ thuật. (He collects art posters.)
- Tranh tuyên truyền (n): A closely related term meaning "propaganda picture," sometimes used interchangeably but can imply a stronger, more direct ideological message.
Synonyms
- Poster: A large printed picture or notice used for decoration or advertisement.
- Propaganda poster: Specifically denotes a poster with a political or ideological aim.
- Broadside: A historical term for a large sheet of paper printed on one side, often used for proclamations or propaganda.
Related Idioms
- While there is no direct idiom using "tranh cổ động," its concept is central to the expression:
- Nghệ thuật vì chính trị: Art for politics' sake, describing the functional purpose of much propaganda poster art.