This Beatles album was revolutionairy as it was one of the first to make an album cover a peice of art rather than just something to put your CD into. The cover is a work of pop art, pop art was a revolution in art as high class expensive art was merged with popular culture. It was becoming increasingly popular with artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein the artwork on this cover is designed by Peter Blake.
1. The blue sky in the back of the album. This is a code for happyness and joy, presumbly because they have acheived their aim. Can be related to the summer of love.
2. The Beatles are dcostume is like Army clothing (this is a code for taking their music seriously) however with a twist as the clothes are in bright, vibrant colours this is to allow them to stand out more this is code for beliving they are better than everyone else. The positioning of the beatles is also another code for them thinking they are the best. They are in the the middle of the shot with many famous people behind them. This shows they think they are the best of the best.
3. The flowers are code for hippys, this was a type of scene that was very big when the Beatles were this means that they are trying to appeal to a certain psychographic. It also code for the Beatles being loving and caring and believe in nature.
4. The drum is also in the middle of the shot and is code for music, this suggests that the Beatles are not only worried about their apperance but also about there music. Music is central to everything they do. The big drum also i related to the circus this is code for suggesting that the Beatles can be fun and still youthful.
5. The background is of a many incredibly famous people such as Marilyn Monroe, Oscar Wilde, Elvis Presley, Edgar Allen Poe and many more. All of these had changed and shaped the way we looked at music or literature and now the Beatles had decided that they should join them and be at the front. This was an actual collage done in real, not just on a green screen from a computer.
6. The Palm tree suggests that it is on an transendental Island, where only the incredibly famous and people who have given something to society can go. This suggests they are too good to be living on a normal country like England.
7. There is also cut outs of The Beatles when they were younger suggesting the place has always been on that Island, however now they are so important there is two of them.
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