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The History of the Poster This essay discusses the history of the poster and where it originated from. It talks about two posters in particular which have double meanings

Date Submitted: 10/23/2002 22:49:36
Category: / Arts & Humanities
Length: 4 pages (1116 words)
The History of the Poster For this essay I have researched the history of the poster and chosen two posters in particular which interest me, which I have compared. If you look the term "poster" up in the dictionary you will find the meaning "large picture displayed in a public place". The word "poster" was originally used in 1838 in England. Back then it referred to a "printed sheet of paper that combined test and illustration". …
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…they must have been stopped before it got worse in World War II. I don't think that we have the need as much for posters, because the majority of the population nowadays rely on moving images, ie adverts on television and we also rely on spoken advertisements like on the radio. People do not use their own interpretations of images as much anymore. This is why I feel we do not need the poster nowadays.
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