Before, During, and After the War

The posters for the war impacted the society. Posters were created to try to persuade people to join the war or to support it. The posters ranged from serious topics such as people dying, to cartoons. Some designers had some hard feelings for Hitler, Pearl Harbor and the actual war itself, and this influences the way they created posters. One person discussed in this section of reading was Kauffer, and he created posters for the Allie nations. Meanwhile, Ben Shahn was a designer on the other side for the Nazis. He used intense images by being straightforward with his target audience. After the war, with the Allies winning, and leaving Germany in distraction the CCA "decided to commission paintings by artists from each of the then 48 states"(Meggs History of Graphic Design 367-347). These posters followed more of the Bauhaus idea which is "the union of art with life". Posters started to become more advanced during this period with stronger images and messages.
I really liked how the posters varied for the war. They would have strong messages and then they would tone it down with cartoon messages.
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I really liked the McDonald's poster. McDonald's are everywhere in the world, and the M is distinguishable. That poster really caught my attention with the color and with the upside down M for spelling our war. Some of the posters have such strong messages with blood splatters in a form of a hand print and the images of the terrorists.