Posters of the First World War

David Bownes, Robert Fleming (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

172 Seiten

2014
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-1428-3 (ISBN)

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The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising. This book offers an informative guide to the range of posters created and to how they were displayed around the nation, and explores the public's increasing dissatisfaction with being patronised and goaded.

The First World War, a new low in the annals of armed conflict, coincided with a golden age for the relatively new art of advertising. Striking and colourful posters were produced throughout the years 1914–18 to recruit soldiers, promote investment, keep up morale and, naturally, to vilify the enemy; prominent artists including Alfred Leete paired bold images with punchy text to maximise impact. The selection in this book offers an informative guide to the range of posters created and to how they were displayed around the nation, and explores the public's increasing dissatisfaction with being patronised and goaded. From the iconic, commanding Your Country Needs YOU! to the anxious domestic scene of Daddy, What Did YOU Do in the War?, and including the infamous depiction of a bayoneting in Back Him Up!, this book puts the reader in the shoes of the Great War 'man in the street'.

David Bownes is a museum professional with over 20 years' experience working in the sector, and is Assistant Director at the National Army Museum. Among his other books are London Transport Posters: A Century of Art and Design and Underground: How the Tube Shaped London.

The Poster War / Posters of 1914 / Posters of 1915 / Posters of 1916 / Posters of 1917 / Posters of 1918 / Further Reading / Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.7.2014
Zusatzinfo	20 b/w; 50 col
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	190 x 190 mm
Gewicht	595 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-7478-1428-7 / 0747814287
ISBN-13	978-0-7478-1428-3 / 9780747814283
Zustand	Neuware