artecontemporanea.com

Testi: Aulich James.
F.to: 24×32; pagg. 256; COL;
Editore: Thames & Hudson, London, 2007.

Richiedi informazioni

A wide selection of the most eye-catching and iconic examples from the Imperial War Museum’s internationally renowned poster collection. Published to accompany an exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum, this book features more than 250 superb full-color illustrations of hard-hitting propaganda and groundbreaking graphic art. It encompasses iconic images such as Alfred Leete’s “Your Country Needs You” as well as additional material drawn from the world of advertising and documentary photographs of posters in situ. Through posters, the author examines the social, political, ethnic, and cultural aspirations of America, Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Covering topics as diverse as advertising in World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, Germany and Occupied Europe in World War II, anti-nuclear campaigns, and Vietnam, the book is comprehensive and highly analytical, yet accessible.

Salva questo titolo nel mio bloc-notes