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Modern British Posters
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Author : Paul Rennie
language : en
Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
Release Date : 2010
Modern British Posters written by Paul Rennie and has been published by Black Dog Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
Modern British Posters explores the interaction between modern art and graphic design in Britain throughout the twentieth century. A distinctive characteristic of modern society is the progressively more complete integration of art, design and architecture. The poster has been an integral expression of this phenomenon since its invention, in modern form, during the 1860s. The poster was made possible by the development of industrial colour lithography and by the appearance of large hoardings as a consequence of metropolitan redevelopment. Furthermore, this co-incidence developed at precisely the same time as the birth of the cultural avant-garde. Following the First World War, during a period of social and political realignment, major artists embraced the developing technologies of graphic reproduction to make commercial poster images and reach out to an audience beyond the complacent limits of the gallery. This required artists to embrace the possibilities of new technologies in print media, and was thus instrumental in transforming commercial art into graphic design. From this point forward, the poster and the artistic avant-garde have been inextricably linked. The poster reached a level of maturity in design just as the cultural reform of the 1920s was beginning. This synchronicity has established the poster as a particularly significant cultural object. Every great artist in Britain contributed to this effort and Modern British Posters features the work of artists such as John Minton, Paul Nash, Hubert Williams, Edward McKnight Kauffer, Leonard Cusden, Edward Wadsworth and Tom Eckersley, amongst many others. These images speak broadly of people, landscape, technology and identity and cover themes such as transport, architecture, the seaside, accident prevention and popular culture. In Britain, the graphic archive is dispersed amongst various institutions. This fragmentation means that, for practical purposes, the general story of British poster design remains to be told. As such Modern British Posters provides an important addition to the history of visual culture in Britain during the twentieth century.
British Modern
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Author : Steven Heller
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Release Date : 1998
British Modern written by Steven Heller and has been published by Chronicle Books (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
An essential resource for graphic artists, designers, and anyone interested in advertising or art history, BRITISH MODERN contains over 200 reproductions of classic Art Deco work from the '20s, '30s, and early '40s. RAF posters, cigarette packages, VOGUE magazine covers, ads for London nightclubs, and many other examples of Deco style present a novel portrait of English life in the first half of the 20th century. Over 230 color images.
Tom Eckersley
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Author : Paul Rennie
language : en
Publisher: Batsford Books
Release Date : 2021-07-08
Tom Eckersley written by Paul Rennie and has been published by Batsford Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-08 with Design categories.
An overview of the work of 20th-century graphic design icon Tom Eckersley – packed with hundreds of his instantly recognisable designs. From iconic posters for the Post Office and London Transport to designs for brands such as Guinness, this richly illustrated book explores the work of influential British poster artist and design teacher Tom Eckersley (1914–1997). Part of the 'outsider' generation that transformed graphic design in Britain in the mid-century era, Eckersley's instantly recognisable posters have become true icons of 20th-century style. Here, design writer and former Eckersley archivist Paul Rennie gives a fascinating exploration of Eckersley's life and work, from his Northern upbringing and early career, through pioneering work during the Second World War, to his central role in mid-century graphic design in the decades that followed. Over 200 designs from throughout Eckersley's career are featured. Made in his signature style combining bold, bright colours and flat graphic shapes, there are designs for clients such as the BBC, British Rail, Keep Britain Tidy, Gillette, BP and Shell. The book also examines Eckersley's position at the forefront of the explosion of print culture in the 20th century, how he helped to transform design education in Britain, and the lasting legacy he left behind. A celebration of a true mid-century modern master, this is the first book on Tom Eckersley of its kind and will appeal to anyone interested in graphic design and visual communication.
Modern Times British Prints 1913 1939
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Author : Jennifer Farrell
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2021-10-20
Modern Times British Prints 1913 1939 written by Jennifer Farrell and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-20 with Art categories.
The bold graphic images made by artists affiliated with Vorticism, British Futurism, and the Grosvenor School of Modern Art capture the optimism and anxiety of early twentieth-century Britain. This richly illustrated volume features rare British prints from the Leslie and Johanna Garfield collection dating between 1913 and 1939—a period marked by two world wars, a global pandemic, the Great Depression, and the rise of Fascism and Communism, but also new technologies, women’s suffrage, and a growing focus on public access to art. Essays explore how artists turned to printmaking to alleviate trauma, memorialize their wartime experiences, and capture the aspirations and fears of the twenties and thirties. At the heart of the catalogue are the colorful linocuts made by artists associated with London’s celebrated Grosvenor School. The visually striking compositions by Sybil Andrews, Claude Flight, Cyril E. Power, and Lill Tschudi, among others, convey the vitality of quotidian life during the machine age.
Modern British And Contemporary Prints
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Author : Phillips Son & Neale (London, England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Modern British And Contemporary Prints written by Phillips Son & Neale (London, England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
30 Modern British Prints
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Author : Sunderland Art Gallery (Sunderland)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
30 Modern British Prints written by Sunderland Art Gallery (Sunderland) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
Art For All
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Author : T. J. Edelstein
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2010
Art For All written by T. J. Edelstein and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Issued in connection with an exhibition held May 27-Aug. 15, 2010, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut.
The Art Of War
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Author : Artemis Design
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11-21
The Art Of War written by Artemis Design and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with categories.
'THE ART OF WAR: VOLUME 1' IS A COLLECTION OF 130 BRITISH WORLD WAR TWO PROPAGANDA POSTERS. INCLUDES A FOREWORD BY HISTORIAN M. J. TROW. Propaganda during the Second World War was an unavoidable aspect of daily life. It must be a situation that is hard to relate to for those of us in the West born too late or too young to remember the war or the decades afterwards. The idea that you must always be alert to the ominous drone of the air-raid sirens as you went about your business, or that your home could be destroyed in an aerial bombardment at any moment is very hard to comprehend. But those who lived through the war knew it was perfectly possible that the Wehrmacht could soon be marching through the streets, with all the chaos, fear, death and destruction that that would imply. Against this backdrop we can understand why propaganda was so vital to all sides of the conflict. For those interested in the psychology of the past, propaganda posters are a great glimpse into the (understandable) paranoia, hysteria and concerns of those who created them, and the message they thought it was necessary to promote to everyone else. All of these posters served some sort of purpose, and modern cynicism means it is often hard not to scoff at some of them, because to us they are now often unintentionally humorous or offensive. Those in government at the time knew that war had evolved. The Great War had changed much, and this latest conflict with Germany would create a huge strain, both in terms of morale and in the nation's resources, and it was vital to have and maintain full support for the war at home. While propaganda was nothing new, it came into its own during the Second World War. British posters were, in the main, created by the controversial Ministry of Information, a government department that was dissolved soon after the war and probably one of George Orwell's inspirations for 'Big Brother'. Many contemporary members of parliament were very disturbed by the agenda of this department and protested that there was a very real danger that Britain could ironically sleep-walk into becoming the fascist, brain-washed state with which they were at war. The messages behind most of these posters is overt and obvious. The well-known, but never actually distributed, 'Keep Calm and Carry On' posters are still recognisable to us today, over 70 years later. Other messages may verge on the bizarre to those who never knew the horrors of the conflict first-hand. One poster shows a soldier and his partner on a sofa with the message 'Keep mum (stay silent), she might not be so dumb', implying that his girlfriend may, at best, be a loudmouth who will report his military operations to everyone in town and, at worst, be a Gestapo agent who had been planted into his home. This isn't to mock the sentiment, but simply to point out how difficult it is for a modern mind to understand. Other posters urging mothers to evacuate their children away from towns as refugees to find safety in the countryside, or even abroad to the security of Canada or other parts of the empire are quite shocking. Still more so are those which implied that people taking a day off work due to sickness could be shirking, or that those who lost a tool at work were aiding Hitler, are quite unsettling even now. American propaganda was often racist, showing rat-like Japanese. One dramatic poster, featuring two creepy children in their gas masks and proclaiming 'Dear God, keep them safe!' is still striking. On the Axis side, they were oddly obsessed with reminding Allied soldiers, particularly Americans, that their women were back at home, probably sleeping with someone else and that 'the negroes' were now running the country.
Prints
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Author : Osborne Samuel Gallery (London)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Prints written by Osborne Samuel Gallery (London) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Prints categories.
Modern British Prints
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Author : Phillips Son & Neale (London, England)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Modern British Prints written by Phillips Son & Neale (London, England) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.