Magazine Covers

The early magazine covers were fairly simple, only comprising of enough information to tell of the author and publication date. Magazines began appearing in the mid-1700s had this, and then as time progressed a image would be provided, and had a layout much like a regular book, containing a table of contents. Mother's Magazine from 1844 wields a symbolic cover, with an image of a fountain drawn on the front. Some magazines began with an article on the front. The Cover Poster age from the 1890s to the 1960s was a format which required no words. Part of the definition of this era of magazine covers is being irrelevant to an actual story with in the magazine, and alternatively presented a mood or season. Magazines of the current century and the later 20th show some of the more striking characteristics of Poster Covers. In the early 20th century magazine covers soon became mediums of art and integrated each part to become a larger part of the magazine, filled with detail and confidence to catch attention. As well as this art, the last and current era of magazine covers move away from intricate art and gravitate to more intense cover lines and interesting photography, to tell more of the magazine's contents and its various stories.