THE MICRIGAN DAILY 'RAM NOTES: embrandt Prints on Display ARTS AND LETTERS: Poster Art Forms Link Between Artists, Public mbrandt Prints," the major xhibition of the fall semes- pens 'today at Alumni Me- 1 Hall. lcted in connection with a randt seminar led by Prof. Rosenberg, visiting profes- om Harvard and curator of , Fogg Art Museum, the 77 randt pieces with 4 addi- examples for study were d from Midwest collections. rt Sahl, called the "best of ew comedians" by Time mag- in a cover story-profile this er, will give two perform- at 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. tomor-' it Ann Arbor High School. zl's career started at the end~ of the McCarthy scare when he began commenting on the politi- cal scene. When speaking this summer he said of the two presi- dential candidates, "Thank God, they can't both win." * * * Folk Singer Josh White will sing at 8:30 p.m., Saturday at Ann Arbor High School. Sponsored by the Folklore So- ciety, White will sing and play folk songs, blues and songs of so- cial significance. Born in Greenville, South Caro-, lina in 1908, White began singing under the guidance of his father and a preacher. Sir Geoffrey Crowther, an auth- ority on English education and former editor of "The Econo- mist" will discuss the difference between English and American schooling in a panel discussion at 9 a.m. today over WXYZ-TV Prof. Arthur Eastman, of the Eng- lish department and Prof. S. Claude Eggertsen and Warren Ketcham, of the school of educa- tion will complete the panei. Prof. George Peek, of the politi-' cal science department and Prof. Paul Kauper of the Law school will discuss the conflicts of reli- gious belief and the government in a program entitled "Freedom of Religion" at noon today on WWJ-TV. By JUDITH SATTLER Although bullfight poster and "Fly TWA" signs hardly seem like great art, posters have been an important link between artists and the public in modern times. Posters are created to have an immediate impact, on a hurried viewer; therefore, there are cer- tain qualities that all posters must have, as the first poster artists found. Since the motif must appeal immediately, it must be up-to- date or even a little ahead of popular tastes. To put across a central idea, the poster must con- centrate on one main theme, eliminating unnecessary detail. Bright colors attractrattention easily, and so these are used in } <,} poster art. A text is used to ex- plain the picture; it is kept short and simple. A poster is a lithograph, or printed picture. It is drawn on a stone or metal plate, or on trans- fer paper. Color is important in posters, and so they are conceived in terms of color. A separate plate is used to print each color in the 'picture. A printed picture has flat color, compared with the thick effect possible with paint. Special tex- tural effects can be achieved in printing, by scarping the plate with a knife, by applying -the ink with a sponge, or by splattering. Rise of Commercial Art In the 1880's, artists became interested in poster art. Prof. Miesel, of the history of art de- partment, noted that some artists no longer felt they were above doing commercial work, but began to see it as a "significant func- tion" for their art. Other reasons for the interest were the new popularity of Japanses prints and lithography. And, when naturalism in art died, kartists wanted to explore new fields; poster style gave "subjects invested with all the power of suggestion" Graphics magazine has noted. Jules Cheret was the first' im- portaant poster artist. He used bright pictures of pretty, frivolousj girls; his work had a definitely "Gay Nineties" flair to it. He also developed color lithography1 for posters, using four or five colors, and differing textures.' Other important artists of the period created posters. Manet, Daumier, and Delacroix tried them, as well as Gaugin, Pissarro, and Seurat. Toulouse-Lautrec was perhaps; the foremost artists in the poster medium. Prof. Miesel said his greatness was in his "artistic ex- cellence,'not in his firstness." Used Symbols Toulouse used pictoral symbols, not illustration. He used big sur- faces of plain color, sharp lines, and unusual angles, and incor- porated the text into the composi- tion. Posters became less popular after the early 1900's. A revival came in Germany after World War I, with the Bauhaus movement. This school wanted to "relate the artist to society," Prof. Misel said. The Bauhaus theory was that fine arts are similar to pure scientific research, Prof. Miesel explained, and to make them rele- vant; artists must use them in posters, propadanda, and adver- tising. Some of the very advanced Bauhaus artists "abdicated their' roles as pure artists, becoming only poster artists," Prof. Miesel explained. Graduaily, however, poster 'art became less: the property of the creative artists, than cof the com- mercial artst. Ascommercial artists took over,A they drew on "fine arts as a fund of ideas to be exploited," Prof. Miesel noted, but did not create new forms. Creative Artists Advertise -Although, as Prof. Miesel said, "advertising art is a steal from the creative artists," since World War II, the creative artists have been dipping into advertising. In art marketing, there is a new respect for publicity, and so art dealers encourage artists to make posters advertising shows of their works. Artists such as Picas- so, Braque, Leger, Matisse, Chagall, and Miro have made such posters, each in' characteristic style. Art has also been used to sup- port ideology. Men like Picasso have used their art to support the extreme leftist groups. Piscas- so's famous peace dove was creat- ed for the Communist Peace Con- gresses. Pure and Commercial Today poster art is divided be- tween the pure artists, who do little of it, but whose forms inspire it, and the commercial artists, who create the great mass of visual art which reaches our eyes in magazines, on billboards, and television, and which develops our tastes in art. Poets Topic Of ,Seiijar The Student Governyment Coun- cil's Reading and Discussion pro- gram is sponsoring a seminar on "Young Poets" at 7:30 p.m. to- morrow in the Honors Lounge of the Undergraduate Library. The seminar will be led by Prof. John Heath-Stubbs of the English department. VIECOMING: isplays Show 'Roman Rampage' Theme I -Daily--James Warneka DORMITORT-"The Search for the Gopher" was presentation of Gomberg House, South Quadrangle. It merited second place in the Mens' Dormitory competition. MA DELTA PHI -Daily-James Warneka DISPLAY-A mechanized gopher was. featured in Lambda Chi's display entitled "You Casseus has a Lean Hungry Look." I 11 Save Your Ticket Stub JOSH WHITE Saturday Nite October 29 ANN ARBOR HIGH Tickets at Follett's and Ulrich's The office of the Lord High Executioner is now accepting BLOCK ORDERS for the Gilbert & Sullivan Society's Production of k'r~ H E I KADO44 Special Limited Engagement! Starts October 28 for 6 Performances Only 2 Performances Daily - 2 P.M. and 8 P.M. STATE THEATRE TICKETS FOR ALL PERFORMANCES NOW ON SALE BY MAIL! November 10th, 11th, and 12th -Daily-James warneka PLACE-Winners of the fraternity division of the display tition, Theta Delta Chi's presentation was entitled "Roman I,' , .... 1r ' + I. STARTrING DAYNO "COMEDY SPIKED WITH FARCE.,. A MAXIMUM OF WIT.. PETER SELLERS nails down the abundant range of his skill and his truly superior ability." 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