| People have been using posters to advertise ideas | | | | as the text for wrong location - the festival was |
| since time immemorial. Or at the very least, since | | | | originally intended to play in Wallkill, New York but was |
| people started writing on big pieces of paper to let | | | | disallowed when time came. |
| everyone know what they were thinking. In the | | | | Educational posters, on the other hand, are used as |
| poster's long history, there have been four major uses | | | | learning tools. Many classrooms will have these prints |
| for it. There are for (1) propaganda, (2) commercial, (3) | | | | as for the solar system in order to teach children the |
| event, and for (4) educational. | | | | name of planets. It's also common to find illustrations of |
| The first kind, the propaganda poster is used to rally | | | | the human anatomy and in clinics. |
| people towards a political idea such as in Norman | | | | There are, of course, many other types like the fan |
| Rockwell's "Rosie the Riveter" (and J. Howard Miller's | | | | poster, the cheesecake poster or the motivational |
| "We Can Do It!") which espoused feminism, and JM | | | | poster. One thing all of these have in common, |
| Flagg's nationalistic Uncle Sam recruitment poster; or to | | | | however, is the fact that they are basically |
| show support for a leader like the popular "Hope" | | | | large-format printed materials that "illustrate" an idea |
| poster that featured Barack Obama. | | | | through words or images. |
| Commercial posters are also frequently seen all over. | | | | While poster artists like Alphonse Mucha and Henri |
| These are used to sell consumer products. The | | | | Toulouse-Lautrec once had to paint their images and |
| entertainment industry is also particularly known for | | | | then use fairly traditional printing methods to reproduce |
| using posters to invite people to watch their movies, or | | | | their posters back then, technology has come along |
| buy records, and books. Artists like Milton Glaser | | | | way since. Once the design is finished, one can enlist |
| (Brooklyn Brewery ads) and Saul Bass (various movie | | | | the services of a digital print company to make the |
| posters) are famous for creating advertising posters. | | | | posters in a quicker manner.. It's even become possible |
| Posters are also used for advertising concerts, plays, | | | | for someone to use online printing company to |
| or parties -or events. The first Woodstock Music | | | | produce posters for any needs, making a trip to the |
| Festival in Bethel, New York was publicized with a | | | | printer's frivolous and unnecessary. |
| decorative and almost Art Nouveau-like design as well | | | | |