Korea: North Korean (DPRK) propaganda poster showing Great Mother Kim Jong Suk, Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung together with their infant son Kim Jong Il at their supposed home on Mount Baekdu. Photo by Mark Fahey (CC BY 2.0 License)

Socialist Realism is a style of realistic art which developed under Socialism in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist Realism is a teleologically-oriented style having as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism.

Although related, it should not be confused with Social Realism, a type of art that realistically depicts subjects of social concern. Unlike Social Realism, Socialist Realism generally glorifies the ideology of the communist state.

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