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VISD-2006 Lecture 8 Review Quiz

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American graphic design of the 1930s-40s

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1
American magazine editorial design emphasizes:
Clearly displaying the product
Legibility
Relationship between image and text
Documentary photography
2
Which is NOT characteristic of Allied WWII posters?
Directed mainly to the home front
Short, memorable slogans
A sense of urgency
Much of it is atrocity propaganda
3
This is an example of:
Streamlining
Art Deco
Machine art
Information design
4
Which is true about pulp magazines?
They were a form of 1930s government propaganda.
“Pulp” refers to their juicy contents.
They are the 20th-century equivalent of Penny Dreadfuls.
They use avant-garde art styles.
5
One way that graphic design developed as a profession in the U.S. during the 1930s-40s is:
New professional organizations and awards in graphic design
American graphic design was part of fine art movements
Because of WWII, publishers had to use American designers
A university degree was necessary to practice graphic design.
6
This WWII poster is by
Norman Rockwell
Herbert Matter
Lester Beall
Jean Carlu
7
A characteristic of Federal Art Project posters is:
Gridded compositions
Flat colors and simplified forms
Photographic images
Collage
8
This poster is an example of low modernism because...
The jumble of text at the bottom.
It shows a leisure activity.
It has bright colors.
The use of a female to advertise.
9
American advertising design of the 1930s has...
progressive social attitudes
expressive photography
a mixture of typefaces and fonts
a cohesive layout
10
This Fortune cover is an example of:
Surrealism
Streamlining
American Art Deco
Pulp magazine