Hi everyone:
A couple of weeks ago we talked about advertising and using great works of art in an advertisement. Last week there was a sidewalk sale at the Campus Store (formerly known as the Bookstore). They sent out a flyer to all the departments - I received one since I work on campus - and it was a sale on T-shirts; the image of a person wearing a baseball cap and one of the T-shirts that are were on sale. It was the Mona Lisa in the ad. If you haven't seen it I will post it here tomorrow (I have it on my computer at work). I work closely with one of the employees at the Campus Store and had her send me electronically the file they used to print the flyers.
I was surprised to see it - its just not right to use works of art such as the Mona Lisa for ads. For me it cheapens the company that is trying to sell me something - can no one come up with an original thought!? It makes you wonder what other images are being used for something other than the originally intended purpose - probably loads of images. Makes me also wonder who has images of people and what they might be used for??
A couple of weeks ago we talked about advertising and using great works of art in an advertisement. Last week there was a sidewalk sale at the Campus Store (formerly known as the Bookstore). They sent out a flyer to all the departments - I received one since I work on campus - and it was a sale on T-shirts; the image of a person wearing a baseball cap and one of the T-shirts that are were on sale. It was the Mona Lisa in the ad. If you haven't seen it I will post it here tomorrow (I have it on my computer at work). I work closely with one of the employees at the Campus Store and had her send me electronically the file they used to print the flyers.
I was surprised to see it - its just not right to use works of art such as the Mona Lisa for ads. For me it cheapens the company that is trying to sell me something - can no one come up with an original thought!? It makes you wonder what other images are being used for something other than the originally intended purpose - probably loads of images. Makes me also wonder who has images of people and what they might be used for??
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