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Arcane Escapades in Retro Travel Iconography
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  • 1. Grand exhibition often advertised with ornate travel posters in the early 1900s
  • 2. Strong desire to travel, a feeling these posters sought to evoke
  • 4. Scenic views or outlooks commonly depicted to entice wanderlust
  • 5. Location famed for palace, commonly romanticized in travel art history
  • 6. Printing technique using greasy crayon on limestone, favored in vintage posters
  • 12. Publisher imprint detailing print origins, sometimes visible on authentic vintage posters
  • 13. Primary transit mode advertised in early 20th-century travel posters
  • 17. Pertaining to the sea routes and ships often heralded in coastal travel ads
  • 18. Essential document symbolizing international travel invoked in poster motifs
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  • 3. German art movement influencing minimalist travel poster design
  • 7. Poetic term for ringing bells, alluding to old city squares depicted with sound and motion
  • 8. French term evoking early 20th century travel advocacy and French poster art
  • 9. Describing forested or wooded scenery often romanticized in vintage travel ads
  • 10. Manuscript metaphor, here signifying layered vintage poster designs or restorations
  • 11. Driver title hinting at the luxurious motor travel era captured in travel posters
  • 14. Stylistic epoch known for geometric luxury, often seen on 1920s posters
  • 15. Referring to majestic mountain ranges, frequent subjects in vintage Swiss posters
  • 16. Wide-view graphic method showcasing landscapes to arouse idyllic travel desire
  • 19. French term for traveler, sometimes romanticized in travel ephemera
  • 20. French for 'red', featured in color palettes highlighting Parisian posters

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