Canadian West
Friday, 27 May 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
My Canadian West Poster
My Canadian West Poster is not, in my opinion, an amazing work of art, due to my rather medeciore artistic skills. It is however, a typical poster you might have seen, trying to advertise for the Canadain praries. The poster is colorsul, and dsiplays rich coloration. Not only that, but it also displays a large plump pig, and a healthy cow, tho create the "gateway". These fine specimens would undoubtedly have caught the eye of any person and would have made them though about what would happen if they owned such animals, and what sort of income they would bring. I chose to place them in a the gateway postion, in order to connect between the picture and the title.
Canada a pack of lies
During the early 19th century Canada was desperate to have their praries settled. There had been massive amounts of land surveyed. But how to get settlers? Well, with a little bit of twisted advertising... anything was possible. Canada's praries were foreboding and almost impossible to settle. But this poster, makes the free homestead land out to be the best place on earth. The farm this family is living on has a beautiful barn set up. The chickens are well fed, and are multiplying (chicks), the pigs are fat, the livestock are healthy and the horses are large and strong. Wheat in the feild grows in abundance, and is given a rich golden color. It doesn't take and rocket sceintist to figure out what the Canadian government is getting at... come to Canada, and you will be met by prosperity and riches. The man and woman in the picture are well dressed, and healthy. There children look happy and cared for. They have such an abundance, that the man can afford to toss some of their grain into the wind. This type poster is what convinced many settlers to come to the praires. Unfortunatly they would soon find out that the praires were harsh, and the farm pictured on this poster could only be acheived with years of effort.
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