The Olympic Games FB page posted this gallery of Olympics posters through history.
Watch as the style transitions from neoclassicism to awesome art nouveau, through homoerotic constructivism, hyper-nationalism, and mid-century minimalism to shit, shitty and shittier. (Although Atlanta's not bad.)
I took the liberty of adding London 2012, the "XXX Olympiad" that has been described as pornographic Simpsons fanfic:
Let the Games begin...
Monday, August 15, 2011
The decline and fall of art and design, as seen in Olympic advertising through history
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