Yesterday in class, we discussed the pictorial modernism movement that spread throughout world war I. The posters at that time period were very interesting to look at. Some of the characteristics of pictorial modernism include simplicity, simple imagery and text, and a lot of propaganda pieces. Playing the game in class helped emphasize how simple imagery could relate a word and a message.
One person that I found quite interesting was Lucian Bernhard. As the father of pictorial modernism, he evolved from designing a poster for a contest that was originally thrown out but brought back to be the winner. His style of design is so simple, yet very intriguing. The placement of his words and imagery on a page interesting. He placed pictures and imagery towards the bottom or the top and never centered it on the page to make it visually stimulating.
One thing that I would like to know more about is did this style emerge again during world war II or was it a completely new style during the war?
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