An Analysis of the Human image in Iran’s Surrealist Posters

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

1 Master Student, Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Art, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Graphic Design, Faculty of Art, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Issue expression: Human image context in Iran's surrealist posters and knowing their designers point of view in ideation, the structure of present study with assumption of creating new images of human as a modern connection way with audience has established.
Research aims: The purpose of this article is to study human image in Iranian's surrealist posters and interpretation the indexes of expression in their ideation.
Research method: Utilizing the descriptive-analytical way in the analysis direction of statistical society of this research, the indexes ideation of those Iran's surrealist posters kind that has been created based on the human image and most of the distinguished instances in 1989 till 2019 period of solar hijri time that has been printed, examines in the terms of structural and content.
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Problem statement: The concept of the human image in Iran’s surrealist posters and the recognition of the attitude of its designers from the perspective of ideation, has established the structure of the present study which is based on the assumption of creating new images of humans as a new way of communication with the audience.
Research objective: The purpose of this study is to examine the human image in Iranian surrealist posters and interpret the indicators of expression in their ideation.
Research method: Using the descriptive-analytical method to analyze the statistical population, this study examines the indicators of ideation in those Iranian surrealist posters that were created based on the human image in terms of structure and content, the most prominent examples of which were published between 1989 to 2019.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that the surrealistic use of human images has been the focus of Iranian artists since ancient times. Consequently, it can be considered that the impacts on modern visual expression in Iran’s surrealistic posters are derived from this view of Iranian artists. The posters, which are often illustrated with various techniques and have a high visual appeal, have emerged in a dreamy way and an innovative combination of visual factors. Therefore, due to their conceptual nature, their understanding of the audience depends on the influence of the works on their inner feelings.

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