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The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring Prague Spring] was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that began in early January of 1968 and continued until late August of the same year when the Soviet Union invaded the country to halt the reforms. | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring Prague Spring] was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that began in early January of 1968 and continued until late August of the same year when the Soviet Union invaded the country to halt the reforms. | ||
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A political protest poster from this time, by an unknown artist, serves as the source material for Fairey's [[Dis Obey]] and [[Make Art Not War]]. | A political protest poster from this time, by an unknown artist, serves as the source material for Fairey's [[Dis Obey]] and [[Make Art Not War]]. | ||
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| − | | [[Image:Czechantisovietposter1968.jpg|thumb|Unknown Artist]] || [[Image:Disobey.jpg|thumb| | + | | [[Image:Czechantisovietposter1968.jpg|thumb|267px|Unknown Artist]] || [[Image:Disobey.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Dis Obey]] by [[Shepard Fairey]]]] |
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[[Category:TheGiant.Org]] | [[Category:TheGiant.Org]] | ||
[[Category:References]] | [[Category:References]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:45, 12 April 2008
The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that began in early January of 1968 and continued until late August of the same year when the Soviet Union invaded the country to halt the reforms.
A political protest poster from this time, by an unknown artist, serves as the source material for Fairey's Dis Obey and Make Art Not War.
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