"Drawing on the V & A's wide-ranging poster collection, this book traces the evolution of the poster in the hands of graphic designers and fine artists, advertising agencies, and countercultural groups in Britain since 1945. The range spans "Keep Britain Tidy" campaigns, lavi...

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1. Verfasser:	Flood, Catherine (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London V & A Publishing 2012
Ausgabe:	1. publ., paperback ed.
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1945-2010 Posters, British / 20th century Poster Großbritannien
Online-Zugang:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung:	"Drawing on the V & A's wide-ranging poster collection, this book traces the evolution of the poster in the hands of graphic designers and fine artists, advertising agencies, and countercultural groups in Britain since 1945. The range spans "Keep Britain Tidy" campaigns, lavishly produced Benson & Hedges billboards, punk-rock posters, hand-printed indictments of Margaret Thatcher, and public art projects on the Underground. From conflicts over the content and control of public space to posters tacked to bedroom walls, Catherine Flood examines how the poster in Britain has adapted itself to a changing technological environment and defied predictions of its demise"--Hennepin County library website
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index Foreword / Margaret Timmers -- 1. Moving through the mainstream. Post-war reconstruction -- Commercial art, graphic design and the 'creative revolution' -- The continuing power of the poster -- 2. Alternative directions. Pop, psychedelia and the poster boom -- Protest poster-making -- Posters and popular music -- 3. Into a digital age. Renaissance in outdoor advertising -- Bill posters will be prosecuted (Bill Posters is innocent) -- The art gallery of the streets -- 'People do love huge pieces of paper' -- Speaking truth to power
Beschreibung:	128 S. zahlr. Ill. 28 cm