Magazine Covers: Part 2

Early Magazine Covers:

The earlier versions of were modeled off of book covers. They had a title, an image and publishers and others names. More and more symbolic and generic magazine covers began appearing and then they started to add cover lines to the covers and many different images trying to express different things in the same cover page.

The Poster Cover:

Most cover posters began appearing in the early to late 1800's. They do not feature any cover lines or themes on the cover. They also show more of the photograph than most covers. They feature large photos or artworks on the front cover that would catch people's eye: these could substitute for more cover lines. Poster covers are for primarily showing off the photograph that is in the cover and not the cover lines and themes as much or if at all. 

Pictures Married to Type:

Most magazine cover had to rely on their cover lines to give information about the magazine, but then the integrated covers began to appear. These newer covers featured the art and the cover lines and text that a magazine usually has. These are what mainly makes the difference between an integrated magazine and a regular cover,a large title with the models face overlapping it, a model in a (nearly) full body pose,a model in an unusual and expressive posture,cover lines on all sides of her, carefully positioned in relation to the model and the background.

In the Forest of Words:

Cover lines were very important for making  a good type of covers. When the cover lines and the art blended together in harmony made for a strong appeal in the covers. In all of the magazines that use a forest of words there are many cover lines and words that cover up the whole image taking away from the images' effect but giving more insight about the magazine. All of these type of covers have a n image on it but there are parts, which could be the most important part, are covered up.