It is one of the most successful pieces of album art ever to
be produced. The New Romantics saw artists and bands such as Gary Newman, and
Joy Division emerge, music that romanticized the idea of death, pain and also
the beauty of life. It was the first time music had an image that was both
clean and dark, and this would later be the influence behind the art of
musicians such as Marilyn Manson. The artwork for ‘Unknown Pleasures’ was taken
from the Cambridge book of astronomy, and represents the first pulses and
movements found in space. However, Joy Division used this to connote the
concepts of the record, and so this became the representation of a heart beat,
and showing it’s many different speeds, dependent on the excitement of what was
going on. It has since become of the most iconic pieces of artwork, and I would
find this relevant to my own work in the way in which I want one simple image
to tell a narrative, whilst at the same time give itself it’s own sense of
identity. The artwork has not only become the identity of Joy Division, but the
depressing yet very dark image, and identity of the New Romantics.
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