The Art Deco Style: Super Hero Posters
Design influences were many, from the modern art movements of Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism to ancient geometric design elements from the exotic cultures of Egypt, Assyria and Persia. In poster art, precursors of Art Deco were the German Plakatstil, the Viennese Secession, the Deutscher Werkbund, and the Parisian fashion design revolution which commenced in 1908.
The style received its name from the Decorative Arts Exposition of Paris in 1925.This exposition marked the mature phase of Art Deco design, a style that by that point had become very popular and widely recognized. Simplification and abstraction were always hallmarks of Art Deco, although the soft elegance and exoticism of its early days yielded to a more muscular and forceful style in the ‘30s.
Many of these posters are available in editions.