Official Olympic Games Posters

Tokyo 2020 has revealed the 20 official posters for this year s olympic and paralympic games.

Official olympic games posters. Twelve are based on the theme of the olympic games and eight on the paralympic games ranging completely in style and exploring mediums from graphic design to photography to painting. Since many olympics had several posters i tried to find and select the best ones. Role in the communication of the games the official olympic posters show the evolution not only of the games themselves. This is the first official olympic poster.

See more ideas about olympic games olympics poster. Tokyo 2020 has unveiled 20 official art posters which have been created by 19 artists. In addition to the official posters many other posters were produced by sponsors and independent producers. Official olympic posters no official poster was made for the 1896 olympic games but the cover page of the official report is often used to represent the athens 1896 games.

Since their debutin 1896 the modern olympic games have had a close relationship withimage. Apr 8 2016 official olympic games reprint posters and much more. Nineteen artists have created the work which will go on display at an exhibition in the japanese. For the olympic games in paris 1900 being the athletic part of the world exhibition no specific poster was created either with the exception of one single event being fencing.

Among the photographs of the sports competitions official films and tv broadcasts there are also the posters created by the organisers to promote the olympic games. You might remember our collection of all olympic logos from 1924 to 2020 this time we looked into history between 1896 and 2014 and collected all olympic posters this collection includes 87 olympic posters. The nudity of the athletes was a reference to the games of antiquity although it was judged as too daring by some managers and not distributed in some countries. As with any collectible condition is very important to a poster s value but especially with paper collectibles any creases stains folds soft corners or fading colors can seriously destroy the.

This poster represents the parade of nations each athlete carrying a twirling flag and all going towards a common goal the olympic games. Indeed since 1928 the year they first appeared the rings have been the overall unifying element on official posters. As the years progressed posters produced for olympics increased in variety and number. The official art posters for the tokyo 2020 olympic and paralympic games created by renowned artists such as chris ofili naoki urasawa philippe weisbecker and viviane sassen have been unveiled.