yay friday! let's get historical!

musings

earlier today i was looking up pictures of dirigibles for my D postcard. i came across this website that has a wonderful collection of russian propaganda posters. i really love the colors that they used and they're all so bold. i've no clue what they say, but i'm sure it has a lot to do with socialism and communism. i'm not sure what the owner of the sites ideas or politics are because it's written in french. so i merely just copied some of my favorite posters.

the earlier ones (on the left) from around the 1918s still have that art noveau feel to them. the colors and the bold the black lines that outline the main focus of the piece. also, the thick black borders around it that also sort of melt into the picture. the font itself is straight out of an art noveau book.

then as we start getting into the cubist periods, the work gets bolder and begins to square off. the colors become more complimentary and less true-to-life. also, the artists being playing around with perspective lines and they become more exaggerated like in the one with CCCP written in the bottom right corner.

i really like the color choices going on. obviously, there's a strong use of the red, but i like a lot of the white. the images are all bold and they portray strong people which falls into their socialist view of life.