ineteenth-century
poster artists adopted features of popular contemporary prints
celebrating American rural life. Both prints and advertisements
featured sentimental, nostalgic scenes of pleasant homesteads,
lush landscapes, and happy families. The popular prints rarely
showed the actual work of farming, and when they did,
old-fashioned hand tools prevailed. In the advertising posters,
however, machines took center stage.
ineteenth-century
poster artists adopted features of popular contemporary prints
celebrating American rural life. Both prints and advertisements
featured sentimental, nostalgic scenes of pleasant homesteads,
lush landscapes, and happy families. The popular prints rarely
showed the actual work of farming, and when they did,
old-fashioned hand tools prevailed. In the advertising posters,
however, machines took center stage.