Stalin’s death mask
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Stalin’s death mask is a plaster cast of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’s face made shortly after his death, preserved as a historical artifact and object of political and cultural reflection.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
death mask
ⓘ
historical artifact ⓘ plaster cast ⓘ |
| associatedDate | March 1953 ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | death of Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cold War
ⓘ
surface form:
Cold War era
Soviet funeral rites ⓘ Soviet political history ⓘ Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
cult of personality of Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| hasColor | white ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Soviet sculptors ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance |
artifact of 20th-century dictatorship iconography
ⓘ
object of post-Soviet reflection ⓘ symbol of the end of Stalin’s rule ⓘ |
| hasDepictionForm | three-dimensional sculpture ⓘ |
| hasGenre | funerary art ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
artifact of personality cult deconstruction
ⓘ
memento mori of political power ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | plaster ⓘ |
| hasPart | face cast of Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| hasPreservationStatus | preserved ⓘ |
| hasReproduction |
photographic copies
ⓘ
plaster replicas ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
ⓘ
leader cult ⓘ memory and commemoration ⓘ political power ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commemorative object
ⓘ
museum exhibit ⓘ political symbol ⓘ propaganda-related artifact ⓘ research object ⓘ |
| languageOfContext | Russian ⓘ |
| portraysEmotion | solemnity ⓘ |
| portraysState | post-mortem stillness ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Lenin’s death mask
ⓘ
Lenin Mausoleum ⓘ
surface form:
Mausoleum of Lenin
Soviet state funerals ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
cultural criticism
ⓘ
historical studies ⓘ museum catalogues ⓘ photographic reproductions ⓘ political analysis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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