WEEK 1: How Illustration has been utilised within Propaganda, Satire and Protest Imagery

How Illustration has been utilised within Propaganda, Satire and Protest Imagery

The topic focuses on how illustration can be used within propaganda, being biased towards a political or social opinion. In order to investigate the topic, examples of successful propaganda will be analysed in depth, focusing on the use of key visual elements used to persuade the audience of a particular view. The visual use of symbols and semiotics can be used to influence a viewer’s opinion. A possible outcome for this topic could be a set of posters based on a current event, arguing either for or against the subject matter. Portraits of political figures or sketches of speeches could provide inspiration for final outcomes.


 PROPOGANDA- 'information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement,institution, nation, etc.'

 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/propaganda

 PROTEST- 'an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid'

 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/protest?s=t
SATIRE- 'the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.'

 https://www.dictionary.com/browse/satire?s=t

Research
  • Soviet Union- socialist realism
  • Contemporary leaders- power pose
  • Political satire 
  • Sketches of speeches
  • Punch Comics/ Satire Publications
  • Current News (Religion, War, Politics, etc)
  • Newspapers (Editorials, Headlines, Straplines, etc)
  • Advertisements

Sources:

  • Aulich, J, Hewitt, J (2008). Seduction or instruction?: First World War posters in Britain and Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 
  • Bromwich, K. (2018). You can stick it: protest posters in the age of Trump – in pictures. The Guardian.
  • Cain, A. (2017). 13 striking vintage wartime posters that play on our emotions using mercy, honor, and 'gold and glory'. Available: http://uk.businessinsider.com/wartime-propaganda-posters-2017-8/#charles-buckles-falls-illustrated-this-wwi-recruiting-poster-which-depicts-the-commanding-gaze-of-a-beckoning-sergeant-for-the-us-marin.
  • Crow, D (1962). Visible signs: an introduction to semiotics in the visual arts. New York: Fairchild Books.
  • James, P (2010). Picture this: World War I posters and visual culture. University of Nebraska Press: Lincoln.
  • Jowett, G, O'Donnell, V, Jowett, G (2012). Propaganda & persuasion. California: Thousand Oaks.


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