Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster 1914-1989

There are two problems with this book. The first is that though I'm sure the material made a great exhibition, as a book, it's way too short to be able to do the subject justice. The second problem is that the text written by a multitude of people is rife with little reactionary jibes. Saying that though, how can one fault a book that includes such classics like Renato Bertelli's Continuous Profile of Mussolini (the only non-poster, but included because it was made as a multiple like a poster) or Bolshevik Freedom, the Polish anti-Trotsky/anti-Boshevik/anti-semitic poster from the 20s, you know the one where he's a schlumpy red guy with caricature-like Jewish features, holding a gun and a knife surrounded by skulls. There are plenty of show more lesser known images as well. show less