He used art and culture as another means of propaganda to support the party. In his attempt to do so, he placed control over all aspects of art and culture in the hands of that state. Art recreated the styles of the past, while at the same time seemed to anticipate a post modernism movement.
Art fears neither dictators nor repression.
I the poster had avoided social themes. However, as the war began, posters took a turn to be commercial and cultural, an attempt to develop an expanding market and advertise various entertainments. Posters featured themes of mobilizing the armed forces, reconstructing the economy, as well as various specific war time problems. It was at this point that the government began to make efforts to shape public opinion and arouse patriotic feelings. The government assigned this task to the mass media.