... that history proves to be precisely the basis of the legitimacy of Stalinism, and that the adjustment of historical images to fit their historical prototypes becomes almost the main occupation of historicising writing. In this way, the historicising aspect of Stalinist art can be said to be the reverse side...

... Felicity Newberry Ralph Patterson Annabel Summerson Henry Collinson Patrick Harington Sir John Chronicles historical illustrations historical images history Raphael Holinshed Modern readers of Shakespeare's Macbeth are likely to have come across the most widely...