Sunday, June 20, 2010

100 Years of Designed Propaganda




Advertising is propaganda. Propaganda is advertising.  100 Years Of Propaganda: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is a nice collection of the art and the artists who strive to direct public opinion and actions. What skills and strategies are commonly employed in both advertising and political propaganda?  Are there commonalities in the use of color? What role does color serve in all four of these examples?