Ryan Quirke Blog Post 3


This work of art caught my attention because it has a deep message relating to power, nerve centre, and underground. The word power is accentuated with the color red and the lightning from the fist represents electricity to illustrate the power of London's railway system. The nerve centre is the veins that are popping off the arm and the underground is represented by a London underground symbol connected to the arm. This photo is interesting to look at because there are veins popping out of the arm and the typefaces are very rigid. 
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Kauffer. E.M. (1930) "Power." Retrieved from https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18448065/ on January 30th, 2020

People are shown as wealthy during the roaring twenties and are dressed very bougie with top hats and suits and women are wearing flapper dresses. This image is very colorful and pops out to me. This poster reminds me of "The Great Gatsby" in which it portrayed people living extravagant lives during this time period. This poster has a simple, yet effective graphic that portrayed the widespread prosperity that could be obtained by taking the railway. 
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Taylor. H. (1924) "Brightest London is best reached by underground." Retrieved from https://londonist.com/london/transport/best-london-underground-posters on January 30, 2020

People are levitating towards the underground railway and are seduced by attractiveness of its convenience. It's like everyone is being controlled by the mind flayer from Strangers Things. If you look closely there is woman trying to pull her husband away from railroad which demonstrates a very intense lure. It is almost as if Alfred Leete was trying to convince people that they have no control of themselves. There is also a dog that is facing the other direction which implies that people would leave their dog just to go take the railway.
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Leete. A. (1927) "The lure of the underground." Retrieved from https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/alfred-leete-1882-1933-the-lure-of-5574270-details.aspx on January 20, 2020

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