Wednesday, March 31, 2010

After class, art deco

Art Deco was a movement in the early 20th century, after WWI but before WWII. It has many names but its name mainly derives from the Paris Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Indutriels Modernes. It's very into Egyptian, Oriental, Aztec and Assyrian motifs. Went through art Deco, saw some extra examples with a modern twist such as a Dark Knight poster in art Deco style. We talked a little about possible cover ideas but only slightly. I turned in an idea for a thesis since my draft was completely wrong. It's a possibility for a paper but it's hard.

The most interesting thing I learned from the day is that Broadway is the best font to represent the era.

Why did carlu use serifs for his poster type?

No comments:

Post a Comment