The Poster: A Visual History - Couverture rigide

Saunders, Gill; Timmers, Margaret; Flood, Catherine; Clayton, Zorian

 
9780500480380: The Poster: A Visual History

Synopsis

The Poster, 9780500480380

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À propos des auteurs

Gill Saunders is honorary senior research fellow in the art, architecture, photography, and design department at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She is the author of Edward Bawden's England and coauthor, with Margaret Timmers, of The Poster: A Visual History.

Margaret Timmers is the former Senior Curator of Prints in the Word & Image Department of the V&A. She is the editor of Impressions of the Twentieth Century and The Power of the Poster.

Catherine Flood is a Curator of Prints in the Word & Image Department of the V&A.

Zorian Clayton is a curator of prints in the art, architecture, photography, and design department of the V&A.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Even in the digital age, the printed poster retains an important, much-loved role in connecting with audiences in a way that both entertains and informs. The V&A was one of the first museums to start collecting posters and to recognize the importance of doing so. Far from ephemeral, posters are both a representation of the time in which they were produced and distributed and, in many instances, have shaped the societies in which they were seen. The story of the poster is both one of changing styles and new innovations in design, illustration and printing, and a visually compelling social history.

The Poster brings together over 300 examples that tell a comprehensive visual history of poster design and the various ways the poster has been used to tell, to sell, to charm and to spur on change. Organized into seven thematic chapters that tell the story of the poster as a medium, each poster is accompanied by a concise commentary that explains the work in terms of its design, printing, content, message and the commercial, social or political impact it may have had.

Featuring works by the masters of poster design that have become popular and highly collectible classics, charting the ebb and flow of styles such as Art Nouveau, Modernism, Art Deco, Psychedelia and Punk and featuring the nostalgic glow of muchloved brands as well as posters that shook and changed the world, The Poster will be an essential visual resource for graphic designers and illustrators – a reference for anyone with an interest in collecting posters and an engaging design and social history for all who appreciate this most popular of art forms.

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