A study about the advertisements and pictorial posters of WWI and WWII

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Published: Jun 4, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v8i1.5773

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Victor Adir
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
Nicoleta Elisabeta Pascu
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics Department, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Bucharest, Romania
George Adir
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Theory of Mechanisms and Robots, Bucharest, Romania

Abstract

In this paper, we have tried to evoke the propaganda episode in the First and the Second World Wars (WWI and WWII). It is a small part of our study including only research about images, characters, messages and words (title and text) used to create a mobilising movement of the people during these wars. The purpose was to select elements from the advertisements and pictorial posters and to comment upon the impact of the graphic messages included. During our work, we have identified many interesting things which had the target to mobilise one person against another using graphics and words with a strong patriotic message. This paper presents the interpretation for only a few posters and advertisements (about 48), but relevant for war propaganda.


 


Keywords: WWI, WWII, propaganda, war, symbols, image, words

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Adir, V. ., Pascu, N. E. ., & Adir, G. . (2021). A study about the advertisements and pictorial posters of WWI and WWII. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(1), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v8i1.5773
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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021): Selected Paper of 9th World Conference on Design and Arts (WCDA 2020)
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Short Articles
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