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Journal #4: Victorian Graphic Design


The application of photography to printing and the invention of photography is crucial to graphic design and communication. The camera is modeled after the human eye, where the pupil dilates to let in light and constricts when the lighting is overexposed, like a camera lens. Photography was a huge part of the Victorian Era. The Victorians loved the Gothic style. By the 1850s, Victorian era and word started to mean the spirit, culture and the moral standards of society at that time. Graphic design in the Victorian Era was influenced by social standards and values of that time, such as sentiment, nostalgia, beauty. Beauty and nostalgia were represented with printed images of kids, young women, puppies, and flowers. The sentiment was symbolized with images of the home, religion, and patriotism.

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