A banner is a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message. A flag is a piece of Cloth, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used Symbolically for signaling or identification Banner-making is an ancient craft. Banner-making is the ancient art or craft of Sewing Banners Techniques used include Applique, Embroidery, Fabric painting,

The word derives from late Latin bandum, a cloth out of which a flag is made (Latin banderia, Italian bandiera). Vulgar Latin (in Latin sermo vulgaris, "folk speech" is a Blanket term covering the popular Dialects and Sociolects of the Latin Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. German developed the word to mean an official edict or proclamation and since such written orders often prohibited some form of human activity, bandum assumed the meaning of a ban, control, interdict or excommunication. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. An edict is an announcement of a Law, often associated with monarchism. Banns has the same origin meaning an official proclamation, and abandon means to change loyalty or disobey orders, semantically "to leave the cloth or flag". The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as "the banns " (from an Old English word meaning "to summon" are the public announcement in

Heraldic banners

Heraldic banner of Cardinal Wolsey

A heraldic banner, also called banner of arms, displays the basic coat of arms only: i. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people e. it contains the design usually displayed on the shield and omits the crest, helmet or coronet, mantling, supporters, motto or any other elements associated with the coat of arms (for further details of these elements, see heraldry). A shield is a protective device meant to intercept attacks The term often refers to a device that is held in the hand as opposed to Armour or a Bullet proof vest A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms.

A heraldic banner is usually square or rectangular.

A distinction exists between the heraldic banner and the heraldic standard. In Heraldry, an heraldic flag is any of several types of Flags containing coats of arms, Heraldic badges or other devices used for personal The distinction, however, is often misunderstood or ignored. For example the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is in fact a banner of the royal arms.

Church banners

Banners in churches have, in the past, been used mainly for processions, inside or outside of the church building. A procession (via Middle English processioun, French procession, derived from Latin processio, itself from procedere, to go forth advance However, the emphasis has, in recent years, shifted markedly towards the permanent or transient display of banners on walls or pillars of churches and other places of worship. A famous example of large banners on display is Liverpool R.C. Cathedral, where the banners are designed by a resident artist. Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually shortened to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool

For more on the design and making of church banners, see the article on Banner-making. Design is used both as a Noun and a Verb. The term is often tied to the various Applied arts and Engineering (See design disciplines Banner-making is the ancient art or craft of Sewing Banners Techniques used include Applique, Embroidery, Fabric painting,

For banners used in the Eastern Orthodox Church, see Khorugv. Khorúgv (Xоругвь sometimes translated as Gonfalon) is a religious Banner used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic

Prophetic banners

The prophet Isaiah was commanded to raise a banner and exalt his voice (Isaiah 13:2). Habakkuk received a similar order to write a vision upon tables that could be read by one who runs past it (Habakkuk 2:2). Today, banners are used to communicate the testimony of Jesus Christ by evangelists and public ministers engaged in Open Air Preaching. Open air preaching or street preaching is the act of publicly proclaiming a religious message to crowds of people in open places

Trade union banners

Banners of AUT, NATFHE, Cambridge TUC and Cambridge University Students' Union

In Britain, trade union banners have been made since the 1840s, and at May Day parades, they could be counted in the hundreds. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Association of University Teachers (AUT was the Trade union The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE was the British Trade union and Professional association for people working A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area Cambridge University Students' Union (CUSU is the university-wide representative body for students at the University of Cambridge, England. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. May Day occurs on May 1 and refers to any of several Public holidays In many countries May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour The iconography of these banners included mines, mills, factories, but also visions of the future, showing a land where children and adults were well-fed and living in tidy brick-built houses, where the old and sick were cared for, where the burden of work was lessened by new technology, and where leisure time was increasing. Iconography is the branch of Art history which studies the identification description and the interpretation of the content of images The same kind of banners are also used in many other countries. Many, but not all of them, have red as a dominant colour. Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength

For more on the design and making of these banners, see Banner-making. Design is used both as a Noun and a Verb. The term is often tied to the various Applied arts and Engineering (See design disciplines Banner-making is the ancient art or craft of Sewing Banners Techniques used include Applique, Embroidery, Fabric painting,

Advertising banners

Two large-format solvent banners

These are often made commercially on a plastic background. The banner industry has been evolving from the traditional cut-vinyl banners to banners printed with large format & wide format inkjet printers on various vinyl and fabric materials using solvent inks and uv-curable inks. Inkjet printers operate by propelling variably-sized droplets of liquid or molten material ( Ink) onto almost any sized page

A number of British towns and cities have whole series of banners decorating their city centres, effectively advertising the town or its special features and attractions.

Advertisements on the Internet which carry the shape of a banner are also commonly called "banners". The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks See web banner for more information. A web banner or banner ad is a form of Advertising on the World Wide Web.

Protest banners

An anti-American protest banner, Vienna, 2005. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The text translates as "Tie Goliath's hands—he's gone crazy". Goliath ( גָּלְיָת, Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ, Arabic: جالوت Jalut (Muslim (Details)

Protest banners are either carried by demonstrators during a protest march, typically at the head of the procession, or fixed to walls, trees or other stationary objects to be read by anyone who happens to pass by.

As an art form, the protest banner can have an elaborate design or just consist of a slogan hastily scribbled or sprayed on a piece of canvas, cloth, or cardboard. Canvas is an extremely heavy-duty plain-woven fabric used for making Sails Tents Marquees Backpacks and other functions A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. Paperboard is a Paper -like material usually over ten mils (0 In the August 2003 issue of The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, Yates Mckee notes that "the protest banner explicitly announces its instrumentality; it is designed for application in the service of an end outside of itself, which is why it is barely afforded the status of a 'medium' in the discourse of art-criticism. August 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Art criticism is the discussion or evaluation of visual Art. Art critics usually criticize art in the context of Aesthetics or the theory of Indeed, this relation of means and ends traditionally governs the distinction between 'art' and 'propaganda'. Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people "

See also

• Heraldic standard
• Sashimono
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• Stainless Banner
• Vinyl banners
• Web banner
• Banners in Northern Ireland
• County Clare in Ireland is known as the Banner County. In Heraldry, an heraldic flag is any of several types of Flags containing coats of arms, Heraldic badges or other devices used for personal Sashimono (指物 差物 挿物 were small Banners worn by Japanese Medieval soldiers for identification during Battles The sashimono are " The Star-Spangled Banner " is the National anthem of the United States of America The Confederate States of America used several Flags during its existence from 1861 to 1865 Vinyl banners as listed in the International Sign Association guide are a low cost form of outdoor Advertising. A web banner or banner ad is a form of Advertising on the World Wide Web. Banners are a significant part of the Culture of Northern Ireland, particularly for the Protestant / unionist community and one of the region's most prominent County Clare ( Irish: Contae an Chláir) commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a county on Ireland and part of the wider Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world