Magazine Coves

I. Early Magazine Covers

NAME OF MAGAZINE   Peterson's women's magazine
YEAR OF PUBLICATION  1872
MAIN ATTRIBUTES  Cover line uses a completely generic cover richly decorated with the leafy symmetry of Victorian embellishments, with a lovely assemblage of drawings at the bottom symbolizing the various roles of woman in the family.

II. The Poster Cover:
Pictures That Need No Words

NAME OF MAGAZINE  Rolling Stone
YEAR OF PUBLICATION  January 2001
MAIN ATTRIBUTES  The result is a rare example of a pure poster cover without a cover line of any kind.

III. Pictures Married to Type

 

 NAME OF MAGAZINE  Cosmopolitan

YEAR OF PUBLICATION 1940's -1950's
MAIN ATTRIBUTES shows how far a designer could go without becoming mired in the complexities of color separations and trappings.

IV. In the Forest of Words

 

NAME OF MAGAZINE   Vanity Fair

YEAR OF PUBLICATION January 1, 2001
MAIN ATTRIBUTES It is tempting to speculate that these covers reflect the larger culture