Throughtout History, Illustrations and Paintings Have Played with Our Emotions

There are no words printed on the photo yet the photo still speaks volumes. After 70 years, the sight of this photograph still evokes a sense of pride and determination for the viewer. The viewer wants these men to succeed in putting this flag up. The landscape surrounding the men is bleak causing the viewer to experience a bit of anxiety and even a sense of urgency for these men to complete their

In “War is a Racket” General Butler laments the use of propaganda in World War 1, and he notes

As a number of leading artists got involved in the War, most of the art campaigns stopped. Individual artistic creations became less radical and started to step down from abstraction to concrete representations. In particular, the program in which the government appointed the artists as war correspondents has resulted in some of the most exceptional artworks of this century. This is, perhaps, because the artists have been exposed to wider issues of human nature, which were absolutely catastrophic and tragic.

During the early 1900s a new era of warfare emerged as governments began to employ all economic, technological and psychological resources available to defeat their enemies. This concept of Total War altered the direction of humanity and governments understanding in their allocation of resources. This essay will examine the relationship between propaganda used during World War I, its effect on the masses and the absolutely essential need for the success of such campaigns in obtaining military victory. While leaflet propaganda used during the war will be the main focus, considerations will be given to other forms to illuminate the necessity of understanding and utilizing the tools of this very powerful

During this time of great struggle and hardship, something was needed to calm tension and heartbreak for citizens of all the countries involved in World War One. Instead of focusing on the negative bloody photographs that were taken during battle, citizens needed something to inform them about the war, without the graphic images. Since comedy and information were needed, artists began to focus their attention towards political cartoons, thus becoming cartoonists. According to The Wall Street Journal: “Popularity of caricatures and cartoons surged during World War One. […] Caricatures and cartoons served as a release valve [that]

     Alike, “The Poster” was the most prominent form of psychological manipulation during Stalin's reign. Until World War I the poster had avoided social themes. However, as Stalin’s Russia rose to war and as a world power, the posters took a turn to be commercial and cultural, an attempt to develop an expanding market and advertise various entertainments. The posters of World War II took on a new task: to mobilize the population in support of the war effort. Stalin’s Posters featured themes of mobilizing the armed forces, reconstructing the economy, as well as various specific war time problems. It was at this point that the government began to make efforts to “shape public opinion” and “arouse patriotic feelings”. The government assigned this task to the mass media. Every political event in Russia found resonance in

C (Content) - The poster depicts a group of well-dressed German soldiers invading and slaying innocent Australian civilians. In a large, bold font located on the top of the poster asks, "Will you fight now or wait for this." Additionally, this poster was used to motivate young men from Australia to enlist themselves and to fight the German Empire in the Great War.

In this original propaganda piece, based off of an iconic British World War I poster entitled “Take up the Sword of Justice,” a silhouetted soldier dramatically parts a dark and sinister ocean, revealing a beautiful sunrise and clear water ahead. A heroic call to action compels the viewer to “Be a True Scotsman and Join Macbeth” and to fight for the noble causes of liberty, justice, and freedom. Propaganda, such as this original piece, captures the viewer’s feelings and manipulates them to support a desired point of view without the use of logic or reason. This effective piece of propaganda successfully implores the viewer to join Macbeth’s cause through its use of powerful glittering generalities, positive manipulation of color and light,

Tremendous technological advance and tremendous slaughter leave an artistic waste land of atrocity, emasculation and pointing posters used to manipulate the public into recruiting men to join the military around the globe. Skilled illustrators in America, less inventive but artistic allegory’s in Canada and France and plain typography in Britain leave many artists busy with supporting the war effort. On the outskirts of war were a contingency of international peoples with little means and a negative view of European culture and war that chose to defect to Switzerland where they created the art movement known as Dada.

The second type of poster was the "Victory" poster. In this type of poster, the United States flag and a solider in uniform were shown to give off a patriotic feeling and accompanied by words such as " America, Now and Forever". These posters also used symbols such as Uncle Sam, the American Eagle, and most of all the Stars and Stripes. The third type of posters, "Careless Talk" posters, were in contrast to "Victory" posters. These posters were designed to keep Americans from talking about the war. Talking may seem as harmless, however American authorities feared that spies would overhear American plans of attack and would relay this information to Axis powers. Although not using nation symbols, symbols such as were death, such as a paratrooper and others with cemetery crosses. These posters commonly used the cause-and-effect idea. An example of this is represented in a poster showing a spaniel gazing over his dead owner's naval collar with the words "...because someone talked" underneath. According to Photoworld, "Because someone talked, the spaniel has lost his master, and it conveys a sense of loss." By perceiving this sense of loss, Americans would give their sympathy to the war and to the men and women who were fighting. To attract public compassion for

Art in World War I was observed in many forms, from photography to art movements on the home fronts of many countries. What many people did not realize is that art was also used in the war for battle. Propaganda and camouflage were crucial to the success on the battlefield and they were used and produced in ways not normally seen in history before. Propaganda had existed before WWI but was used heavily in this war and was often negatively themed, to promote involvement in a war against the evil enemy. Complex camouflage of machinery, ships, and uniforms also arose during the Great War, and this

Man has utilized graphics since before writing was invented to communicate their thoughts and feelings, and while for a period, the combination of both image and written word remained underutilized, the core idea behind ‘comics’ or ‘graphic novels’ continued to develop. The subject of these graphics range from early humans attempting to communicate information about animal migration patterns painted on the walls of caves, to mythological stories painted onto the surface of pottery. These images are made to be informative, or entertaining, but in general fail to deliver a message that moves beyond the delivery of information, and between good and bad. In both pre and post-World War II comic books failed to be much more than entertaining propaganda. Yet, eventually comics shifted towards darker, more psychological themes, and with this change in style came additional recognition and popularity for graphic stories as a medium. Following these developments, many have claimed that the driving force behind the economic and critical success of graphic stories created in this era was primarily due to the improvements in production values and sheer mass of content created. However, it is more likely that the change in subject matter affected the perception of comics due to the ability to evoke emotion in a fashion that just words and just pictures could not do by themselves. The graphic narrative’s unique ability to demand the reader become a witness to the horrors of the

Propaganda art is not just a fine art. It is an information transmission art that contains clear meaning, and the most popular political vehicle for propaganda in the 20th century of China. Propaganda art must have considerable artistic appeal to mobilize image, color, composition, form and other factors to form a strong visual effect. Its screen often has a strong visual center, unique artistic style and design characteristic. However, during that time, the public did not have awareness of collecting art work. Thus, little Propaganda art still exists today even though many of the propaganda posters were reprinted over and over, and pasted in various streets during that time. Propaganda art played an important role in the spiritual and cultural life of the Chinese people. As propaganda art has a special social status during the Revolutionary War and Socialist Construction period of China, it has attracted many successful artists to engage in the creation of posters. This resulted in different forms of propaganda art being produced. As a result, propaganda art had become an indispensable form of Chinese artistic creation in the 20th century.

Mass media became a type of “weapon of warfare”, the British government even enlisted celebrated authors to promote the allied cause to the world. As time went by, individual artists, authors and illustrators started creating to mobilize public opinion behind war efforts.

Art can be proved to be an effective response to an individual’s conflict with the state because anyone can relate to art. Due to the wide range of what is considered art, any person can relate towards that specific artistic piece. Art affects people differently and it sparks multiple emotions and views. Art is also a very powerful substance that people can create by just expressing their emotions. Art is an emotional outbreak in which many seek guidance in and help them get through rough times. People seek guidance in many types of art, such as Music, Movies, Poems, Sculptures and paintings. However, some do not see it as a helping hand, but just an amusement. Can everyone actually relate towards different types of art?