Art Deco and Its Enduring Popularity

Written by Rosana Hart


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Some design elements were stepped forms, rounded corners, triple-striped decorative elements, vivid colors, and black decoration. The overall format had a clean simplicity to it. For book and poster printing, type faces such as Futura and Broadway were simple and geometrical.

In poster art,repparttar sense of sophistication and suave elegance are often strong elements, as is sensuality. Art deco posters, printed using our modern techniques, are still widely used for decorating today. Art deco posters go well with virtually any style of furnishings, as they themselves draw on so many different things and there is such a wide variety available.

Rosana Hart is a reference librarian turned webmaster. Visit her site at http://www.infoandhelp.com/posters/ for a selection of popular posters and articles about their subjects.


Dragons: A Very Short History

Written by Rosana Hart


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There have been many different types of dragons and they have been reported to live inrepparttar center ofrepparttar 138031 word,repparttar 138032 middle ofrepparttar 138033 ocean, in caves and other dark and damp places, and in fire. Atrepparttar 138034 time of Christopher Columbus, whenrepparttar 138035 world was flat (or at least people thought so), maps said "Here Be Dragons" atrepparttar 138036 edge ofrepparttar 138037 world.

It may be that dragon stories partly grew out of people finding dinosaur bones. Sincerepparttar 138038 concept of dinosaurs didn't come into science untilrepparttar 138039 1800s, any large fossilized bone found before then had to from a dragon, a giant, or in some parts ofrepparttar 138040 world, an elephant.

Whateverrepparttar 138041 actual origins of dragon tales may be, dragons are immensely popular now. They turn up in video games, films, books, and other art forms. There are many dragon posters. Dragons have become powerful symbols ofrepparttar 138042 forces that exist in our world, and ofrepparttar 138043 complexities ofrepparttar 138044 human spirit.

Rosana Hart is a reference librarian turned webmaster. Visit her site at http://www.infoandhelp.com/posters/ for a selection of popular posters and articles about their subjects.


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