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Appreciating Vintage Posters

Appreciating Vintage Posters: Appreciating Vintage Posters
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Appreciating Vintage Posters

Understanding the history of posters will make you appreciate more the value of your vintage poster collection. Having knowledge on its history will also help you determine a poster’s worth. A poster is any printed material that may be graphic, textual or both. Its purpose is to convey different kinds of messages. This is one of the reasons that posters are made to be very attractive and attention- grabbing.

Different Uses of a Poster

• Advertising Tool. Posters are used to advertise different events, like concerts, stage plays and films. They are also used to advertise and launch various products.

• Political groups also use posters to communicate political propaganda and protests.

• Posters are also used for artwork reproductions. Famous works of various artists are reproduced and sold in the market.

Types of Posters

• Political Posters
Political posters are very famous, especially during the first and second world wars. Most of these posters are calling f or awareness and participation of citizens. Examples of some slogans used in political posters are “Uncle Sam wants you” and “Loose Lips Sink Ships”.

Political propaganda and motivation are easily communicated through the use of posters. These posters are distributed and displayed on the streets. Political posters had been very effective in raising people’s awareness. Examples of political posters that became famous through time are those of the great patriotic war and Rosie the Riveter posters

• Advertising, Events, Film and Affirmation Posters
The most commonly colleted posters are those of movies and concerts. The value of these posters can increase even more as time passes. Posters of dead artists are also given higher value. The limited number of comic book posters also has a high value because copies of this type of posters are very limited. Just like vintage comic books, a vintage comic book poster can cost you a fortune.

Affirmation vintage posters became popular collectibles not really because of how much they cost but because of the messages they convey. Messages like “Hope”, “Leadership” and “Love” are some of the most common concepts of affirmation posters.

Cheesecake Posters
As the popularity of posters increases, another type started to circulate the market in the 1920s. These posters usually show beautiful women and commonly have an erratic theme.

A Brief History
Posters have been around for a very long time. The invention of different printing techniques and mechanisms gave birth to the modern posters around 1870. Lithography paved the way to bulk productions of posters.

According to John Barnicoat, with the popularity of posters, they eventually became a vital art form. Almost every artist wants to create a poster. Concepts such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Symbolism, Bauhaus and Hippie are commonly used and integrated in posters.

It is said that the Father of advertisement placards is Jules Cheret. He, together with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created numerous poster arts in the 1890s, when the art of poster making started to spread in Europe.

If you want to start a vintage poster collection, it’s always a good idea to choose the type of poster you want to collect and build your collection from there. Be careful in choosing posters to add in your collection as there are a lot of fake vintage posters circulating in the market.







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POSTED ON JULY 29, 2020 BY FGB
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The kitchen is central in homes today and it should provide inspiration to those working in it. To serve this purpose the kitchen should be decorated to give the occupants a sense of comfort and pleasantness. Ways in which a kitchen can be decorated are many but the most popular is wall art. Themes such as Tuscan style, modern, and contemporary, and country styles are some of the more trendy approaches to kitchen wall art.

The Tuscan style kitchen wall art makes use of warm and rich colors like deep reds and purples, oranges and olive greens. Murals that feature the rolling hills of the Tuscan countryside, paintings depicting the rich wines and grapes of the area and illustrations of the stunning vineyards of northern Italy are a few ideas of what this elegant kitchen wall art style would entail. This art style gives the ambience of richness and warmth.
Modern and contemporary art has an expansive variety of wall art; abstract art, photography, and pop are just some of the many ideas you can incorporate into your kitchen wall art. Some like to have a theme of black and white when decorating their kitchen walls or on the other hand a striking multicolored collage. This style of kitchen wall art is futuristic and innovative and one can let their imagination run wild when choosing this style of art.

In comparison to the modern and contemporary style, the country style is more rustic and quaint. Depictions of fresh fruits and vegetables, rustic signs, roosters and other barnyard animals are the common features of country style art. No rules govern this type of decoration; one simply has to decorate with the feeling of wanting to create a warm and cozy feeling in the kitchen; it is open to any definition that one would have of “country”. The end result of such a kitchen wall art is a pleasant and inviting mood, a charming and cozy country kitchen.

Other appealing themes of kitchen wall art include food and cuisine art, alcohol art, pasta art, international cuisine art, herbs and spices, and fruits and vegetables. Given all these various styles making a choice seems difficult but in selecting from them, one should pick the one that best portrays you and the one that will inspire you to work happily and creatively in the kitchen. All the time spent decorating will well be worth it in the end because being in the kitchen will be enjoyable indeed.



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Painting Throughout History

Painting Throughout History: Painting Throughout History
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Painting is the art of applying pigments to a surface whether it is on paper, canvas, a wall or any other medium, to create an image with lines and colors. The image can represent real objects found around us or imaginary ones.

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Painting is the art of applying pigments to a surface whether it is on paper, canvas, a wall or any other medium, to create an image with lines and colors. The image can represent real objects found around us or imaginary ones. It may also be an arrangement of abstract forms. The art of drawing is very essential in painting as one step together with composition and other aesthetic consideration in forming the finished work.

History has allowed painting to serve a variety of functions. It was an important part of religious rites during prehistoric times. It was also the most common means of providing a visual record of events and people. By the 20th century, painting has become a medium of personal expression. Modern artists have incorporated other materials such as sand, cement, straw and wood to add variation to the texture. The concept has slowly eclipsed the historic value of the craft but this has not deterred most artists to continue practicing it.

The Prehistoric times saw paintings of animals in the walls of the caves of primitive men. The Egyptians decorated tombs with scenes depicting the dead man’s family and possessions. The more lively Minoan painting was used to decorate stuccoed walls of palaces. Mycenaean culture changed this painting to depict conquests and hunts. Classical Greek paintings have simplified forms and geometric patterns. Etruscan painting put emphasis on silhouettes, ornamental contour and design. There was a new interest in emotional and psychological effects as seen on Roman painting. Early Christian painting rejected illusionism where modeling was replaced by flat decorative patters. The Byzantine style combined elements of Greek, Roman and Eastern art. Much of the decoration was done in Mosaic which was highly favored due to its durability. Islamic artists created ornamental designs called arabesques because the Islam religion forbade representation of human beings in art. Chinese and Japanese painting revealed the constant extraordinarily skillful use of the brush.

Early medieval painting is characterized by Celtic, Carolingian and Romanesque art where form has been adapted for the illustration and illumination of Christian texts. Gothic art generally depicted subjects related to architecture. The Pre-Renaissance period show a revival of interest in classical art. It produced the International style which is characterized by refinement, decorative movement, elongated and swaying figures and linear pattern. The perfection of the technique of oil painting during the Late-Gothic period made it possible to produce brilliant colors, minute details and permanence of finish.

The Renaissance period put much emphasis on man and the world rather than God. High-Renaissance was generally applied to the period when the idea of classical, balanced harmony was achieved. The Mannerist style followed which was ironically characterized by disturbing tensions and distortions. It was soon replaced by Baroque painting which used the elements of dynamic pose, gesture and composition as well as the sharp contrast between light and shadow. The style of the 18th century exalts color, light and movement and bordered on the frivolous and concern with pleasure. It was during the latter part of the period that artists began to paint for themselves rather than to please the church. The 19th century gave rise to Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism. Expressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Dada, Surrealism and Non-Objective art are all products of the 20th century.

Time has produced several styles, each a reflection of what happened during a certain period. This is why a painting is able to provide anyone with a rich visual experience that cannot be found anywhere else. You can only learn to appreciate a painting by reading and studying information about artists, styles and periods. From there, you will see each work and the particular point of view as seen by the artist himself.



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How to Look at Modern Art

How to Look at Modern Art

How to Look at Modern Art: POSTED ON JULY 23, 2020 BY FGB
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How to Look at Modern Art
There are many who look at the highly creative world of modern art with confusion and maybe a little bit of distain. Because so much modern art is nonrepresentational, it isn’t easy to understand what the artist is trying to say. But even if there are figures and images in the artwork, so often it resembles a dream where relationships and juxtapositions of images can be confusing and hard to interpret.

The artists who work in modern art sometimes make that interpretation just as difficult by adding illogical names to the art work or even no names at all. Who hasn’t looked at a Jackson Pollack piece that is simply titled the date the artist finished the work and thought, “Well, that doesn’t help understand it at all.”

The key to modern art however, is to let go of the need for representational images. The artist is communicating through a completely different approach to the act of creating art. Modern art is almost entirely intuitive. While we view representational art both with our minds and our souls, the modern artwork is best viewed almost entirely though that side of your personality that is spiritual, emotional, intuitive and with the artistic instincts of the soul.

This means that you approach viewing a piece of modern art differently than you would a representational piece. Here is a method for absorbing and appreciating what the artist is trying to say to you.

· Suspend your judgment of the piece until the entire viewing is over. Don’t “try to figure it out”. Simply allow the piece to speak to you intuitively as it comes off of the canvas or pedestal.

· Start out standing far enough back from the piece that you can see the entire image in one view. Some modern art pieces are exceptionally large so you may have to stand quite far away to be able to see the entire work without turning your head. Again, don’t think about what it means. Simply allow the piece to exist in front of you. Allow your eyes to rove over the piece, traveling side routes and then returning to the total view.

· Slowly walk toward the piece. If there are others there, wait until they are not nearby to distract your view. As you move in, try not to move your head a great deal. The effect will be you will be drawn into the artwork.

· Slowly get close to the artwork, even within a few inches. As with all art, never touch the artwork. But you can get close enough to see the intricacies of the paint or other materials used in the art work. Study these and see if you can detect the movement of the artist.

· Turn one direction and walk looking sideways at the artwork. You may have to look up and down to gather as much about every aspect of the work as you can. If you need to, crouch to see the lower parts of the work. If it is a sculpture, walk around the piece, observing every detail of its construction.

· Take all the time you need for this detailed observation of the art work. Be patient.

· Turn and walk back to your original spot without looking at the artwork. Wait looking away until when you turn, you will have a clear, unobstructed view of the artwork.

· Turn and view the entire piece again in its entirety.

By giving the art work a patient inspection such as this, you will slowly develop an intuitive interpretation of what is being communicated by the artist. You may have to come back many times and each time the work may speak differently to you. But let it get inside you and change you because that is the deeper value of truly great modern art.



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