Carnival Posters

Carnival is celebrated in most Catholic countries around the world. From the great carnival in Brazil to smaller events in countries such as Italy, Spain, Malta, Canary Islands and Sicily. Street carnival parties and parades are a main feature and many other events such as parties, carnival balls and competitions are organised annually.

Fairgrounds are another source of entertainment. These are found all around the world. The fair is an ancient tradition. Some are organised during most of the year and others during an anniversary of a local event or seasonal, such as in the summer time or Christmas season.

For these happy events advertising is an important way of attracting people to attend. One way of encouraging and letting people know about the event is promotional posters.

  

                            

   

 Both these Vintage posters are from the Art Nouveau period. 

These posters were lithographs printed on high quality paper.

                                                   

The design of this fairground poster is very attractive and colouful. The depiction of the ferris wheel is gigantic making the Eiffel Tower look small in the background. 

 The Victorian age was a time of enormous change in the world of printing. The new machinery of steam presses helped  printing in large numbers.

Lithography  also made great improvements and metal plates started to replace the original limestone slabs.

    

 The Great Coney Island Water Carnival poster of 1898. It is the promotional poster for Barnum & Bailey. It shows performers diving and clowns in the ocean at Coney Island, New York.

It was printed by the Stobridge Lithograph co, Cincinnati and New York. It is colourful and attractive to look at.

This is the poster promoting Carnival in Sitges 2009. It is a colourful  almost unfinished sketch of a harlequin. It could be influenced by Picasso's style.

Arrecife  Carnival

This poster is the work of Carlos Mattalana Manrique. The theme of the poster is the Olympic Games which is represented by a discus thrower. 

 Today's printing methods and computers makes the job much easier and faster.

Bibliography

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