Vanitas- Team ICE

Vanitas is the work of art associated with still life paintings.

It orginated in the 16th and 17th centuries in the Netherlands. Vanitas is from the Latin word "vanity" it is also loosely translated. This type of art is often associated with eartly life and nature. The vanitas art theme is comonly seen in medievel and funeral art. Like in this picture above skulls are very comonly seen in many Vanitas art peices. This type of art is very dark and real. It corresponds to how life is and it does not sugar coat anything.

 

 

Some of the meanings and things often seen in this type of art are; The skull represents death, rotten fruit symbolizes decay, buddles correspond to life or sudden death, and last smoke and watches represent life.

Pastiche- Team Awesome

Pastiche is a work of art, literature, film, music, or a chetecture that imitates the work of previous art. It celebrates it, not mocks it. An example of this would be the the first Star Wars film. It considered pastiche because the material is being taken from the 1930's science fiction of Flash Gordan and Buck Rodgers. An example of music would be the Star Wars Episode IV because in the cantina scene, it represented music of Jazz bands.



In the first picture, labeled pastiche (plural pastiches), is considered pastiche because it compares an image of the past to the one of the present. The women in the picture are similar in the ways that the color scheme is being used is the same and even the structure of the women are the same.



In the second picture, labeled pastiche: Antique Home Projects and more, displays how we use old fashion into our modern day life style.



In the third picture, labeled Abbott should stay out of the Star Wars bar is considered pastiche because it is based on a modern day jazz bar.

ImaginGraphic - Clench fists

The clenched fist is a symbol of power, authority, or anger.


The left has been claimed the clenched fist as their property. The fist show a symbol of solidarity and defiance. In the 1920s the fist was used by the Communists and the straight-arm salute by the Nazis. The Nazis used this "iron fist"to show the strength of the leader which they took from the 1871 Paris Communards.



In 1968, graphic artists from the New Left with a new image. It was a good example of rebellion. The image was adapted from a poster he had done previously for "Stop the Draft" in 1967. The fist was used and raised in at all major rallies and rebellions, such as antiwar, women's, and other political activities throughout the world.

Pointing Fingers - Team Kryptonite

Pointing fingers were originally intended to indicate direction. Some cultures believe that this could be rude or offensive.

 

 

 

In the early 1900's, the pointed finger was used on many war recruiting posters. "We want you" became and additional meaning to this gesture.

 

 

 

 

Later in 1911, a beverage company used this technique to advertise their popular drink, Moxie. This gave the pointed finger a commanding meaning.

 

 

 

 

Now, pointing fingers has many meanings and is used for different things. Such as the cursor on any  computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     

Rays- By Pandora

Rays are one of the most ancient iconic symbols. They are the attributes of gods and heros and were shown radiating around the head of Apollo, or Buddha, or Jesus. Rays were known as a rare optical phenomenon known as an aura, which creates a dazzling cicular rainbow around the person, or object.



Japan, "the Land of the Rising Sun," was the first use of rays in a non-religous view. When they were defeated in World War II they lost the rays and their flag became what it is today.


Old Japanese Flag

New Japanese Flag

Mickey gained his rays for his 80th anniversary.

Today rays are used for the same reason, to give the object they are surrounding a godly appeal. Popular media uses it all the time and so does marketing campaigns. These campaigns can be for anything from accenting a price to expressing the idea of "squeaky-clean" on a package of detergent.





Body Type (Team 1)

Body art has been the way to relay messages through centuries. Whether it is body paintings, tattoos, visual puns and, brandings (cutting markings into the flesh). This type of art on the body is used to relay typographic or illustrative messages. This method of conveying messages has been used since the 1960's. Sometimes they are used for commercial advertising but most of the time they are not. Some can be a complete eye catcher and some can be completely tacky. Usually commercial tattoos are the eye catchers and personal body typings are tacky.

This tattoo conveys the message to live life to the fullest. Everybody who is alive is not living. This is simply persuading and reminding people to not let a "life" go to waste.

This tattoo symbolizes to stay true to ones self and promote peace and love. With lies come a whole lot of unecessary negative things in life and with love it promotes a better living experience.

The Book- Chanel Flyers

The Book

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Every book has its own unique design.  However the greatest books are ones with well composed design components such as the book's texture, style of writing, etc.  These are what capture the audience's attention.  Over the evolution of books, past authors have mostly been concerned about the amount of pages they produce with uninterrupted text but did not put their main focus on capturing the audience's full attention. For example the books that an English professor would find interesting would not gain the interest of the students as it composes of mostly words and hardly any pictures or any other graphic designs to keep us reading. 

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Rub On Designs : By - Dream Team

                        A Rub on Design is the same as a " Wall Transfer " Or a " Decal Sticker".

These things are a specially made " sticker" that has an image or design that can be transfered to wood, metal, glass or anything with a hard surface. It is usually made of a Vinyl material. Used for decoration.