Posters: A Concise History
by John Barnicoat
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Studies the artists and movements that have shaped and influenced the development of poster design during a one-hundred-year period.Tags
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This is the book that introduced me to graphic design. I refer to it even today more than thirty years after I first read it. Among my Favourite posters in this volume:
• Victor Moscoso, “Young Bloods”
• Seymour Chwast, “End Bad Breath”
• Jan Lenica, “Wozzeck”
• Dziga Vertov, ”The Man With the Ciné Camera”
• Cassandre, “Dubo-Dubon-Dubonnet”
• Saul Bass, “Bunny Lake is Missing”
• Victor Moscoso, “Young Bloods”
• Seymour Chwast, “End Bad Breath”
• Jan Lenica, “Wozzeck”
• Dziga Vertov, ”The Man With the Ciné Camera”
• Cassandre, “Dubo-Dubon-Dubonnet”
• Saul Bass, “Bunny Lake is Missing”
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Series
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World of Art (Thames and Hudson) (Posters: Concise History)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Posters: A Concise History
- Original publication date
- 1972
- First words
- Art is man's creation, yet words and pictures are also the form of his language.
Classifications
- Genres
- Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 741.67 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Graphic design, illustration, commercial art Poster and Advertising Design
- LCC
- NC1810 .B3 — Fine Arts Drawing. Design. Illustration Drawing. Design. Illustration Posters
- BISAC
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- Reviews
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- (3.33)
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Media
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- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
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