Monday, 25 February 2013

Film Posters - part 1

2012 Lincoln


In recognition of yesterday's 2013 Oscar Awards, and Daniel Day Lewis' historic third Best Actor Oscar, I thought I'd take a look at some contemporary (and one or two not so contemporary) film posters.

I have quite an extensive digital archive of film posters and will put together some themes on here from time to time in the future. I like the fact that a simple, strong, monochromatic design was used for the Lincoln poster, and have put together a group of other minimal, monochromatic (for the most part) designs that I like.

There is often more than one version of a film poster (and has been throughout the history of film posters). The next one here is an 'alternative' poster for Zero Dark Thirty, another 2013 Oscar nominee:


2012 Zero Dark Thirty

1976 Rocky

1977 Eraserhead

1981 Gallipoli

1999 The Blair Witch Project

2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2002 American Gangster

2002 American Gangster

2002 Duets

2004 Criminal

2004 I, Robot

2005 Gypo

2006 Blood Diamond

2006 Madea's Family Reunion

2006 Stranger Than Fiction

2008 Doubt

2008 The Universe of Keith Haring

2009 Madea Goes to Jail

2009 Moon

2009 Rage

2010 Athlete

2010 Buried

2010 Catfish

2010 Leaves of Grass

2010 Repo Men

2010 Lake Mungo

2010 The Scenesters

2011 Elevator

2012 Bert Stern - Original Madman

2012 My Week With Marilyn



Sunday, 24 February 2013

John Sell Cotman - part 6

John Sell Cotman by Horatio Beevor Love 
pencil and wash 27.3 x 21 cm 
© National Portrait Gallery, London

John Sell Cotman (1782 – 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author, and a leading member of the Norwich School of artists.

For biographical notes on Cotman see part 1. For earlier works see parts 1 - 5 also. 

This is part 6 of a 6-part post on the works of John Sell Cotman.

"Liber Studiorum, A Series of Sketches and Studies" was published in 1838 by Henry G. Bohn. A series of hard-ground and soft-ground etchings:



01. Title Page, View of a Garden House on the Banks of the River Yare 
etching 29 x 21.8 cm

02. View of Clifton 
etching 19.9 x 17.2 cm

03. Trees near Twickenham 
etching 15.8 x 29.4 cm

04. View on the Yare, Norfolk 
etching 14 x 19.9 cm

05. View at Walsingham, Norfolk 
etching 14.3 x 22.3 cm

06. The Judgment of Midas 
etching 17.1 x 24.9 cm

07. Postwick Grove, Norfolk 
etching 13.7 x 22.3 cm

08. Millbank on the Thames 
etching 15.5 x 24.5 cm

09. Study 
etching 14 x 20.1 cm

10. The Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire 
etching 18.5 x 12.2 cm

11. Parson's Bridge, Cardiganshire 
etching 16.6 x 12.1 cm

12. Dolbadern Castle, Llanberris Lake, North Wales 
etching 16.6 x 12.1 cm

13. Duncomb Park, Yorkshire 
etching 20.1 x 13.8 cm

14. Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire, North Wales 
etching 11.3 x 17.1 cm

15. Cader Iris, North Wales 
etching 10.5 x 16.7 cm

16. A Study 
etching 9.3 x 7.7 cm

17. A Study 
etching 6.6 x 10.6 cm

18. Trees at Norwich Thorpe, Norfolk 
etching 10.3 x 8.2 cm

19. Postwick Grove, Norfolk 
etching 7.4 x 10.9 cm

20. Felbrigg Heath, Norfolk 
etching 6.9 x 11 cm

21. View in North Wales 
etching 6 x 10.9 cm

22. Whitby 
etching 17.8 x 24.7 cm

23. Ruins at Beeston, Norfolk 
etching 18.4 x 13.7 cm

24. Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire 
etching 18.1 x 12.2 cm

25. Harlech Castle, North Wales 
etching 12 x 18.5 cm

26. Monnow Bridge, Monmouthshire 
etching 12.1 x 18.3 cm

27. Kilgarren Castle, North Wales 
etching 12.6 x 19.5 cm

28. Caernarvon Castle, North Wales 
etching 16.9 x 12.2 cm

29. Harlech Castle, North Wales 
etching 18.3 x 12 cm

30. Bambro' Castle, Northumberland 
etching 10.4 x 19.6 cm

31. Conway Castle, North Wales 
etching 18.1 x 12.2 cm

32. Caernarvon Castle 
etching 18 x 12 cm

33. Conway Castle 
etching 18.2 x 12.1 cm

34. Llanthony Abbey, Monmouthshire 
etching 18.4 x 11.9 cm

35. Wenlock Priory, Salop 
etching 18.1 x 11.9 cm

36. Church near Durham 
etching 24.2 x 21.3 cm

37. A Study 
etching 17.8 x 14.2 cm

38. View at Deptford 
etching 18.4 x 26.6 cm

39. View at Ashted, Surrey 
etching 17.5 x 24.3 cm

40. Lakenham, near Norwich 
etching 22.7 x 15.7 cm

41. House at Bristol 
etching 16.2 x 12.1 cm

42. Capel-Carrig, Caernarvonshire 
etching 12.2 x 18.4 cm

43. A Norfolk Plough 
etching 8 x 10.2 cm

44. Sketch after Rembrandt 
etching 12.1 x 9.6 cm

45. French Beggars 
etching 14 x 10.2 cm

46. Sketch after Teniers 
etching 23.7 x 18.1 cm

47. A Study 
etching 16 x 10.1 cm

48. A Study 
etching 8.3 x 5.9 cm