 1942 US government war poster.
 British World War 2 posters A poster is any large piece of paper which hangs from a wall or other such surface. They are a frequent tool of advertisers, propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message, and they also see personal use by people, especially the young, who wish to decorate in a relatively low-cost manner. Photo of smiling Russian soldier wearing helmet, with rifle. ...
Photo of smiling Russian soldier wearing helmet, with rifle. ...
Captain EO movie poster, deemed fair use This work is copyrighted. ...
Captain EO movie poster, deemed fair use This work is copyrighted. ...
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Generally speaking, advertising is the promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas, usually by an identified sponsor. ...
North Korean propaganda showing a soldier destroying the United States Capitol building. ...
Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ...
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Text posters Purely text posters have a long history: they advertised the plays of Shakespeare and made citizens aware of government proclamations for centuries. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Beware the Poster, Ricky. It will be your downfall. Remember...
Graphical posters The great revolution in posters was the development of colour lithography which allowed the cheap printing of posters illustrated in vibrant colours. The concept was first developed in France but by the 1890s had spread throughout Europe. A number of noted artists created poster art in this period, foremost amongst them Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Jules Chéret. Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface. ...
The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...
Arlette Dorgère by Jules Chéret Poster art has its development origins in Paris, France after the creation of the three-color lithograph process around 1850. ...
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. ...
Jules Chéret, born May 31, 1836 – died September 23, 1932, was a French painter and lithographer who became a master of poster art. ...
Many posters have had great artistic merit and have become extremely collectable. These include the posters advertising World's Fairs and Colonial Exhibitions. Artistic merit is an English language term used in relation to cultural products when referring to the judgment of their perceived quality or value as works of art. ...
A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ...
In general, the word colonial means of or relating to a colony. In United States history, the term Colonial is used to refer to the period before US independence. ...
Exhibition is a word with several meanings. ...
Other times of great turmoil also produced great posters. The 1960s saw the rise of pop art and protest movements throughout the West; both made great use of posters. Perhaps the most acclaimed posters were those produced by French students during the so-called "événements" of May 1968. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
House I, created by Roy Lichtenstein in 1996, is designed to be an optical illusion. ...
May 1968 poster: Be young and shut up. ...
Propaganda posters During the First and Second World Wars, recruiting posters became extremely common, and many of them have persisted in the national consciousness, such as the "Uncle Sam Wants You" posters from the United States, or the "Loose Lips Sink Ships" posters that warned of foreign spies. Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) {{{notes}}} World War I...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
J. M. Flaggs Uncle Sam recruited soldiers for World War I. Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States dating from the War of 1812. ...
Film posters The film industry quickly discovered that vibrantly coloured posters were an easy way to sell their pictures. The collection of movie posters has become a major hobby.
Comic book posters The resurgence of comic book popularity in the 1960s led to the mass production of comic book posters in the 1970s and onward. These posters typically feature popular characters in a variety of action poses. The fact that comic books are a niche market means that a given poster usually has a smaller printing run than other genres of poster. Therefore, older posters may be quite sought after by collectors. Promotional posters are usually distributed folded, whereas retail posters intended for home decoration are rolled.
Affirmation posters There is a popular series of posters, each having a black background, a scene from nature, and a word like "Leadership" or "Opportunity."
Research posters and "poster sessions"
 A poster session at the EPFL. Posters are used in academia to promote and explain research work [1]. They are typically shown during conferences, either as a complement to a talk or scientific paper, or as a publication. They are reputed to be of lesser importance than actual articles. But they can be a good introduction to a new piece of research before the paper is published. Always be careful of copyright implications. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 571 KB) Work by Rama File links The following pages link to this file: Poster ...
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The Monster Clothespin from Outer Space, and entrance of the EPFL The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland. ...
See also Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message, or facilitate understanding. ...
An illustration of a character from a story An Illustration is a visualisation such as drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject more than form. ...
Archaeologists refer to two different structures as a four-poster . ...
A four poster bed is a bed with four posts which support a tester. ...
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