Activity In this activity, you'll learn about a popular art form known as socialist realism and analyze how it conveyed a com message during the Cold War. Socialist realism developed during the 1930s. It took its name from socialism, a political and economic system tha key similarities with communism. Socialist realism honored socialist and communist values and became popular Soviet Union and other communist countries. Examine the following poster, which is similar in style to socialist re and answer the questions that follow. Part A Who is being idealized, or honored, in this poster? How do you know?​