I found this link on Google while searching “social realism in China.” I am researching the People’s Heroes Monument in Tiananmen Square which has numerous bas-reliefs at the base honoring those who fought for national independence. This link talks about and explains the involvement of communist power’s influence of art in China. The bas-reliefs on the monument are scenes of the Nanchang Uprising, May 30th Movement, etc. This source is beneficial in my analyzation of social realism in the bas-reliefs. Although the author of this link is not necessarily talking about the bas-reliefs on the monument directly, the ideas and explanations he presents among other social realism paintings parallel with some of the scenes on the the People’s Heroes Monument.

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Bibliography:

Hyer, Eric A. “Art & Politics in Mao’s China.” Kennedy Center, kennedy.byu.edu/art-politics-in-maos-china/.