Summary
100 Posters That Changed The World: A Visual History
A collection of the world’s most memorable, provocative, best-selling and groundbreaking posters from Johannes Gutenberg to Barack Obama.
Classic posters from the last 300 years and the stories behind them.
Posters have always been designed to seek an immediate response. From the time when paper was first affordable, the poster has been used to provoke a direct reaction, whether a public appeal, a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911641452 |
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| ISBN-10: | 191164145X |
| Author: | Colin T. Salter |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Pavilion |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 860g |
| Dimensions: | 238mm x 191mm x 20mm |
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‘Showcase[s] an extensive collection of the images and slogans that have shaped society as we know it’
‘Showcase[s] an extensive collection of the images and slogans that have shaped society as we know it’
– Country Life‘This engaging book is a vivid tapestry of poster styles with diverse commercial, cultural and political applications supplemented by informative single-page essays that stimulate curiosity page after page’
– Morning Star‘Offer[s] a way to get to grips with history from 1880 to 1940’
– This England‘This journey through images that can inspire, shock or just leave the viewer laughing is never less than fascinating… a beautifully produced volume that will find a very broad readership’
– All About HistoryAbout The Author
Colin T. Salter
Colin Salter is a prolific author of literary history. For Batsford he has written 100 Books that Changed the World, 100 Letters that Changed the World and 100 Children’s Books that Inspire our World. He is the author of a biography of Mark Twain and is currently working on a history of the books in one family’s threehundred-year-old library. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife, dog and bicycle.
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