Edward Hopper

Film Noir, a cinematic term used to describe Hollywood based crime dramas. Dramas that consist of cynical attitudes and sexual motivation. Film Noir started in the 1940's till the 1950's mainly associated with hints of black, greys and whites. Film Noir has German expressionist cinematography. Many Film Noir stories derive from the hard-boiled school of crime and fiction that emerged from the U.S in the depression.

The Nighthawk painting is probably the most famous painting in the art world. Edward Hopper was the pioneer who created this painting. Hoppers paintings where current to the time period, his work became an influentional aspect into the development of film Noir. However this gave way to the film noir era, the detective and his sidekick, the girl and the common location. In this painting we see two detectives, a woman and the diner waiter. There is no real story within the painting, its more of an open for interpretation kind of painting, with the use of light and shadow. I think that the main detective with the woman his had an arguement with this sidekick, but being the higher ranked out of the two the main detective has the attention of the woman and possibly the waiter.

1930's Inspired Poster

This is a poster of the 2 Grand Prix in Monaco. You can see how the image has lines to make it look fast and more streamline. The background is of a stationary image of a mountain, the colours used in the background give more depth to the image of the moving car. Everything within the cars area is shown to be moving at a fast speed because of the lines and colours used. Alot of bright and vibrant colours are used in this poster as the point and reason is to draw the viewer into the poster. 

1930's Art Deco

The Art Deco movement started in the 1920's and was more prominent in the 1930's. It was first exhibited at the French Exhibition of Glasswear and then became a mainstream sensation in America and Great Britian. America at the time had an obsession with speed whicch then  further developed Art Deco into a more streamline and aerodynamic form. Alot of the architecture was inspired by this movement because of the organic forms and was used for more of a aesthetic choice. Art Deco drew most of its inspiration from the ancient Egyptians and Aztec forms, this was mainly a decorative movement unlike most art movement which are political or philosophically driven.
This poster is a perfect example of Art Deco, the geometric shapes used to create images, the use of flat colours but at the same time using different shades of said colour to create a gradient or a shade on the image. Alot of bright colours are used in Art Deco based posters and art pieces, as the reason is to attract and draw the viewers eye into the piece of art.

This is an original poster from the 1930's inspired by Art Deco