I have previously commented on the Church’s acquisitions of art as propaganda and as a way of indoctrinating a largely illiterate population during the 15th century Italian Renaissance. The refinement of naturalism in paintings and murals preceded television, Instagram and billboards as marketing and propaganda tools. However, art as propaganda existed well before then, and also afterwards. Here is a good article about the role of art as propaganda during the Mussolini regime:
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