Posters : a global history /
From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere-but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Elizabeth E. Guffey reexamines the poster's...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London :
Reaktion Books,
2015.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | From band posters stapled to telephone poles to the advertisements hanging at bus shelters to the inspirational prints that adorn office walls, posters surround us everywhere-but do we know how they began? Telling the story of this ephemeral art form, Elizabeth E. Guffey reexamines the poster's roots in the nineteenth century and explores the relevance they still possess in the age of digital media. Even in our world of social media and electronic devices, she argues, few forms of graphic design can rival posters for sheer spatial presence, and they provide new opportunities to communicate acr. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-306) and index. |
ISBN: | 1780234112 9781780234113 |