Part Two: My Favorite Street Art Examples

As it's stated in its definition, street art is "any art performed in public spaces". Therefore thousands of different street art styles can be found in metropolitan cities. I'm going to share two examples of street art which I find the most esthetic ones. I like expecially the ones performed on the ground.






This is my first favorite one, because it seems that it was made to create a different habitat in the center of a city. People being on that picture should have excentric feelings and thoughts. I also would like to be there to inspire from the rapid change of the environment and the visual satisfaction.

And this is my second favorite one, because it symbolizes the opening to a new world. It was probably used to make people feel better so that they can buy more things from the shopping center which this was performed on, but still it's one of the best street art examples performed on the floor.

Part One: Propaganda Posters

Normally, the other blogs of the class have chosen one poster (or several posters relevant to each other) and commented to it (them). However, we have decided to share several posters in a definite time period, at the beginning of the Cold War. We have chosen this era, because due to the ideological uncertainty there were posters of very different opinions published and spread at the same time.

This Sowiet poster, distributed near the end of the Second World War has intended to increase the morale of the public by showing them the united force of the USA, the UK and the USSR. The slogan reads as ''through united punch''.    

The second picture is the cover page of an American comic book which was printed as more than four million copies. It illustrates the conflict between systems and the ideological uncertainity in the future.   

This promotional poster was distributed by the Allied High Commission, which was established in order to regulate the development of West Germany, favoring the American Marshall Plan and therefore a unified as well as reconstructed Europe.  

The ideological uncertainty has spreaded all over Europe. There were also communistic parties in allied western European countries (France and the United Kingdom) against the American Marshall Plan, which is called ''communistic anti-Americanism''. This poster was distributed by the Communist Party of France whose legend reads as 'No! France won't be a colonised country! Americans back to America!

Four years after the end of WWII, Germany was divided into four parts including the ones of the USSR and the USA. The first poster, which was distributed in the Sowiet Zone, favors the expropriation of the businesses possessed by war criminals and Nazis by a referendum at that time. It reads as 'Referendum Against War Criminals-Think about your work, vote 'Yes' for securing the peace!''

And the second one was distributed in the American Zone for "politic re-education".

The two last posters are the ones distributed in France by Communist and Anti-Communist parties. The first one, which has intended to increase production, reads as 'One unique duty: Producing - Maurice Thorez [the leader of the French Communist Party] has said that to miners." And the other one is directly opposite Thorez, saying "Thorez, you are at home, stay there!".

Comenius Project

 Part of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme, the Comenius actions aim to help young people and educational staff better understand the range of European cultures, languages and values. They also help young people acquire the basic life skills and competences necessary for personal development, future employment and active citizenship.
The programme addresses issues strongly related to current discussions and developments in school policy: motivation for learning and ‘learning-to-learn’ skills, key competences, digital educational content and inclusive education.
Therefore we have decided to participate in that project as a whole classroom. Our blogs will be consisting of three main topics: Progaganda posters, street art and youth culture. Keep following us!