Arts, Paintings, and Posters and Web Design

Jul 28, 2011 by

In the arts, paintings and posters are king at the moment.  One of the most significant improvements to how and why artists currently create informative works, especially artists in the fields of graphic design and print and Web media creation, has been developed alongside the evolution of Web design.  In other words, people have come to expect from their art the same kinds of visual stimuli they encounter through Web graphics — such is the world’s preoccupation with the Internet.  It is a similar phenomenon to what the world experienced in the 1950s when the television became standard in American homes.  Based upon the experience of what life looked like on TV, people developed expectations for their reality.

Later, paintings and posters took on semblances of what television had brought to the world.  This, in turn, made its way into the kinds of art and media found in movies, in live theater, in dance, and the other arts.  As movie posters began to resemble Web graphic trends, the trendiness soon spilled over into paintings.  This is a cycle that seems to re-invent itself every few decades due to some strong influence or emerging technology.

Here is an infographic that explains how Web design evolved;  use it to inform your interpretation of Web design’s influence over art in general.