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    Propaganda posters originated during World War 1 where countries like Germany and Britain used them to rally support for the war. They relied on simple visuals and text to catch viewers' attention and elicit emotional responses. During the 20th century, propaganda posters were widely used by communist countries like the Soviet Union and China to promote government ideals. Today, while most propaganda has been replaced by television and internet, some countries like North Korea still actively use posters to spread information to their populations. Corporations also incorporate poster design techniques into modern advertising campaigns.

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    Propaganda posters originated during World War 1 where countries like Germany and Britain used them to rally support for the war. They relied on simple visuals and text to catch viewers' attention and elicit emotional responses. During the 20th century, propaganda posters were widely used by communist countries like the Soviet Union and China to promote government ideals. Today, while most propaganda has been replaced by television and internet, some countries like North Korea still actively use posters to spread information to their populations. Corporations also incorporate poster design techniques into modern advertising campaigns.

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    Propaganda posters originated during World War 1 where countries like Germany and Britain used them to rally support for the war. They relied on simple visuals and text to catch viewers' attention and elicit emotional responses. During the 20th century, propaganda posters were widely used by communist countries like the Soviet Union and China to promote government ideals. Today, while most propaganda has been replaced by television and internet, some countries like North Korea still actively use posters to spread information to their populations. Corporations also incorporate poster design techniques into modern advertising campaigns.

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    1

    1914-1918
    WW1 PROPAGANDA

    Propaganda posters originated in World


    War One, where Germany and Great
    Britain designed posters to rally support
    for the war. Illustrated posters were a
    popular form of mass communication,
    and mechanized printing made it easy to
    print and publish printed propaganda.

    Alfred Leete, Lord Kirchener Wants You, 1914,

    lithograph

    One main purpose of the propaganda


    posters was to encourage enlistment in
    the military. They relied on simple text
    and bold imagery to catch the attention
    of viewers, and used emotional appeals
    to get the viewers to head to the nearest
    recruiting station. They also used figures
    associated wih the artist’s home country,
    such as Uncle Sam in American posters.

    James Montgomery Flagg, I Want You For U.S.

    Army, ca. 1917, lithograph


    3

    AGITORY POSTERS
    Many posters from World War One were agitory, and were used to
    stir the viewer into anger against the enemy troops. They contained
    depictions of violence, and sometimes used civilian casualties to
    provoke even someone who had second doubts about serving.

    One technique that made agitory posters popular was depicting


    enemy forces as monsters. Posters such as this Filipino war bonds
    poster were used to stir anti-German sentiment, as they show a
    horrific crime being committed by German troops.

    Fernando Amorsolo, Your Liberty Bonds will help stop this, 1917, lithograph
    4

    1917-1935
    Propaganda
    in the Soviet
    Union
    Agitprop
    Following the October
    Revolution in 1917, the
    Soviet Union began to use
    agitprop to stir viewers
    into action. Many citizens
    within the country were
    illiterate, so posters with
    visual codes were used.

    Agitprop posters created


    by the art group ROSTA
    Windows used limited
    text, avant-garde art, and
    visual codes. In posters
    such as this one, red was
    used to help the viewer
    positively associate the
    workers in the poster with
    the Soviet Union.

    Vladimir Mayakovsky, If You

    Want Something, Join Us, ROSTA

    Window no. 867, 1920, stencil


    5

    1935-1991
    Socialist
    Realism
    Starting in the 1930s,
    posters were created
    in an art style called
    Socialist Realism. This
    style consisted of
    photorealistic human
    figures as opposed to
    abstract shapes, it was
    made to celebrate the
    common worker.

    This style was used to


    give the impression
    of a good life under
    communist rule and
    as a result, it was used
    in other communist
    countries, such as
    Hungary, until the late
    1980s.

    Artist Unknown, Buy and read

    books, 1949, lithograph


    6

    1932-1945
    Propaganda in Nazi Germany
    Even before Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, the Nazi Party began to
    create propaganda posters that used the same techniques as Britain’s
    World War One posters: simple
    text, bold imagery, and visual
    codes.

    Nazi propaganda posters were


    designed to promote ideals to
    the average German citizens,
    and contained messages and
    slogans that they would be
    able to understand. The use
    of Blackletter fonts made the
    messages appealing, and the
    use of caricatures helped Nazi
    officials gain the support of
    conservatives.

    There are several visual codes


    in this poster, with a well-fit
    man representing the average
    German, and the caricatures
    reoresenting political foes. The
    swastika is shown to represent
    the Nazi party.

    Artist Unknown, We Workers Have

    Awakened, 1932, lithograph


    7

    1939-1945
    WW2 Propaganda
    Allied Propaganda
    Propaganda posters were published
    in Allied countries following the
    outbreak of World War Two. These
    posters combined imagery and text,
    but focused less on recruitment and
    more on conservation of resources
    and self reliance.

    Peter Fraser, Dig for Victory!, ca. 1939, lithograph

    Artists, illustrators, and even animators


    were commissioned by Allied governments
    to design propaganda. In the United States
    especially, cartoons were a popular form
    of mass media that could be used for war.
    Propaganda created for the government by
    Walt Disney was used to encourage young
    children to support the war via war bonds
    and showing patriotism.

    Walt Disney, Appreciate America, 1943, lithograph


    8

    Axis Propaganda
    Propaganda posters from the Axis Powers
    utilized dramatic imagery and bold text
    to catch the viewer’s attention. Much like
    Allied posters, Axis posters encouraged
    civilian involvement in the war effort. This
    poster was printed for use at factories all
    over Germany, but it contains techniques
    found in other Nazi propaganda posters
    such as a muscular figure and the use of
    blackletter font.

    Artist Unknown, You Are the Front, ca. 1941,

    lithograph

    Axis posters were also used to spread


    information in countries occupied by their
    forces. In occupied France, for example,
    it was common to use figures like Joan of
    Arc to encourage French citizens to villify
    the Allied forces and support the Nazi war
    effort.

    Artist Unknown, The Assassins Always Return

    to the Scene Of Their Crimes, 1944, lithograph


    9

    PRESENT
    Propaganda
    Today
    Following the end of World
    War Two, propaganda posters
    had slowly become replaced
    due to the rise of television
    and radio as forms of mass
    media. Communist countries
    had used them throughout the
    Cold War, but that too ceased
    with the fall of the Iron Curtain
    in the late 1980s.

    One country that currently


    uses propaganda posters is
    North Korea. They are made
    in a Socialist Realist style, and
    the information is then relayed
    to citizens. Posters are vital
    to many civilians within the
    country, as they have little to
    no access to phones, radios, or
    computers. This poster uses
    bright colors and long text to
    promote forests.

    Lee Byongzoon, Help to grow our country’s

    forests!, 2000, lithograph


    10

    Propaganda Posters and Advertising


    Today, companies can create propaganda posters as part of any current
    advertising campaigns. They use techniques found in old posters, such
    as direct image and
    limited text, but the
    meaning is completely
    altered in an effort to
    persuade consumers
    into buying a product.

    This poster was one


    of several that were
    created by Mars Inc. as
    part of an advertising
    campaign for M&M’s. It
    was heavily influenced
    by Soviet agitprop as
    shown by the use of
    the color red, but it
    borrows from Socialist
    Realism with its use of
    photorealistic figures.

    Artist Unknown, The Redolution

    Is Now, 2008, Digital media

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