Magazines Part II

1) Early Magazine Covers
Many of the early magazine covers dedicated the opening page to a title and table of contents. Magazine covers were modeled after book. They would only show a title and publication data. The magazine didn't advertise what you would find in the magazine. In the early magazine covers it was common to you a symbolic cover which wasa generic illustration in a symbolic manner to evoke the spirit of the publication, without revealing any of this issue’s specific contents. The majority of the early magazines didn't have a cover. 
2) The poster Cover
The poster cover dominated the magazine field because it produced so many memorable covers on so many issues of so many magazines that it is sometimes looked upon as the standard against which all other kinds of covers must be measured.  Professional illustrators emerged in the late 1800s and they dominated graphic design even though there were some truly great photographs out there.  Poster covers sometimes still appear on magazines today. 
3) Pictures Married to Type
These magazine covers stunning covers left a lasting imprint on the aesthetic sensibilities of an era. Some of these covers consisted of a large title with the model’s face overlapping it, a model in a (nearly) full body pose, a model in an unusual and expressive posture, and cover lines on all sides of her, carefully positioned in relation to the model and the background. Cover lines became very important in pictures married to type. 
4) In the forest of the Woods
This type of cover is a weird pathway with many creative byways. There has been a general movement of magazine covers away from the artistic poster cover and toward covers that have an amazingly large number of vivid lines. These magazines are very culture based. Magazine covers today reflect our language, some of our thoughts, global media, advertising, and the colonization of our thinking by culture.