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Publisher: Abbeville Press
Keywords: punk, presley, posters, rock, art
Number of Pages: 348
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0789206110
ISBN-13: 9780789206114

A visual history of Rock and Roll, which centres on the posters that were created to advertise musicians and concerts. The book also contains photographs of the poster artists, and the venues that displayed their work.

Author: Ennis Carter
Publisher: Quirk Books
Keywords: wpa, art, people, posters
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2008-10-29
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1594742928
ISBN-13: 9781594742927

Arriving just in time for the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, Posters for the People features nearly 500 of the best posters produced by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the 1930s and 1940s. As you’ll recall from high school history class, the WPA employed hundreds of out-of-work artists to raise awareness about public issues and civic life. Today their posters are celebrated as iconic works of graphic design; they also provide timeless messages about the merits of hard work, good parenting, a clean house, and personal hygiene. Posters for the People was produced by the W

Author: Margaret Timmers
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Keywords: posters, olympic, century
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1851775382
ISBN-13: 9781851775385

As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and culture. A Century of Olympic Posters offers an intensely visual representation of the modern Games, and shows the evolution of the Olympic Games poster as well, from the first official poster for Stockholm in 1912 right up to the present. This diverse range of images includes official posters for the Summer and Winter Games set in their historical context, and linked to pervading themes such as politics, commer

Author: Maggie Kate
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: stickers, art, posters, classic
Number of Pages: 4
Published: 2002-06-14
List price: $1.50
ISBN-10: 0486421422
ISBN-13: 9780486421421

Legions of poster enthusiasts and sticker fans will find immense pleasure in this collection of 16 beautifully printed tributes to the golden age of the poster. Works by Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Chéret, Mucha, Will Bradley, Eugène Grasset, and other masters who brought poster art to a new height are represented in sticker format, ready to enhance stationery and gift packages and delight devotees of these noted turn-of-the-century artists. Dover Original. 16 full-color stickers on 4 plates.

Author: Harold Davi
Publisher: Consultant Press,
Keywords: calendars, posters, cards, art, publishing
Number of Pages: 151
Published: 1996-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0913069426
ISBN-13: 9780913069424

Publishing Your Art as Cards, Posters & Calendars (Revised & Expanded) is a complete guide to creating, designing and marketing. Davis, who has successfully created and marketed his own cards and posters, has written a practical, definitive manual for artists working with oils, water colors, pastels, graphics, collage, computer art and photography. Cards, posters and calendars are not only an additional source of income but enhance the reputation of the artist. Davis discusses creating, designing and marketing. His book provides a road map for both the self publisher and those who choose to ha

Authors:Stefan R. Landsberger, Marien van der Heijde,
Publisher: Prestel USA
Keywords: posters, chinese
Number of Pages: 286
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 3791343890
ISBN-13: 9783791343891

Dating from the onset of theJapanese occupation of China in1937 through to the twenty-firstcentury, the images in this bookrepresent the best of Chinesepropaganda art.A country’s propaganda posters are a valuable record of it’s challenges and fears as well as a reflection of its cultural mores. Opening with a brief introduction to the history of graphic arts propaganda in China, this volume presents the posters chronologically, allowing readers to witness changes in style as the subject matter follows seismic changes in Chinese history, such as the building of the People’s Re

Authors:David Heather, Sherry Buchanan,
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Keywords: posters, vietnam
Number of Pages: 281
Published: 2009-04
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 379134157X
ISBN-13: 9783791341576

Rarely viewed by the outside world, this collection of posters from the 1950s to the present encompasses a politically significant period in Vietnamese history. With their boldly rendered images of Ho Chi Minh and local heroes; guerrilla fighters, tanks and bombers; factory workers and the urban and rural landscape, these posters-many produced in small numbers under economically adverse conditions-reverberate with vibrant colors and innovative graphic language, revealing much about the country’s cultural and political climate. An overview of the collection shows how imagery from indigeno