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Item Restricted B-flat : 1940s to 1970s Jazz Cover Art as Expression of Culture and Freedom(2021) Preisler, Sophie; bachelor thesis in Graphic Design and Visual CommunicationAs the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 has shown racial equality is still just a dream of the United States. The topic of black liberation and the cry for racial equality has been a common theme in the music of many African American artists for centuries. Especially during the civil rights movement, many black musicians started speaking up in a demand for social justice. The aim of this research is to determine whether the topics discussed on jazz albums between the 1940s and 1970s are re- flected in the respective cover design. Based on a review of the literature on African American history the paper firstly gives an insight into jazz history and what it meant to be a black musician during the time when jazz reached its peak in popularity. The thesis proceeds to analyse cover designs done by white as well as black designers to determine how the typical jazz look was achieved. It becomes clear, that designs were done by black artists only make up a small proportion of jazz album cover art. On this basis, it becomes visible that most cover art has been designed purely for the aesthetic. Furthermore, it is notable, that, for the most part, the African American identity of the musicians was not a subject in the cover artItem Restricted The relationship between graphic and music industry : the creation of visual identities for modern music genres(2020) Lehr, Jakob; Tibus, Alexander; bachelor thesis in Graphic Design"What drives a person to give themselves the opportunity of listening to a new band they have never heard of? Why do people associate different art styles, typefaces, photographs, or even specific colors to a music genre? How did legendary bands like The Rolling Stones or The Beatles achieve that their names became recognizable even by the younger generations? Visual communication is crucial for a band or a musician to transmit a message to consumers strong enough to catch their attention even before listening to a song or an album. This thesis explores how graphic design helped legendary artists and record labels to build identities around the evolution of their music genres across historical events and the implementation of different technologies through the decades of the last century to nowadays."