Propagandopolis

Imagery in the modern world, we are reminded, is powerful, ruthless, and created daily.–Elena Clavarino “Air Mail”There’s art, and there’s propaganda. But where is the line between the two? Great art can convey a message, and visual propaganda can also be compelling art. Bradley Davies’s book ‘Propagandopolis: A Century of Propaganda from Around the World’ lets us decide for ourselves.–Carol Hills “The World”‘Propagandopolis: A Century of Propaganda from Around the World, ’ a globe-spanning selection of visual persuasions from the early 20th century to now, is a travelogue to disinformation’s past.–Melissa Holbrook “Hyperallergic”[A] fascinating alphabetical encyclopedia of progaganda, from the avant-garde to the xenophobic, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.– “The New York Times Book Review”Intended to horrify, rouse sentiment, or move to action, these images are variously succinct, lush, fearsome, and occasionally inadvertently hilarious.–Melissa Holbrook Pierson “Hyperallergic”Wrenched from their periods, the drawings and paintings feel like time capsules but also timely warnings, inviting the reader to think about the purpose of such graphic design and its meaning both within and beyond its era.–Mrinmayee Bhoot “Stir World”

Bradley Davies is a historical researcher based in London. He began Propagandopolis as a project in early 2018 which has since amassed over 300,000 followers online. He is also building a digital archive of propaganda posters, cartoons and other ephemera, which he intends to be the internet’s largest and most accurate archive of propaganda artefacts. Propagandopolis can be found on all major social media platforms @propagandopolis.

Robert Peckham is a cultural historian and the author of the critically acclaimed book Fear: An Alternative History of the World. He was previously Professor of History and MB Lee Endowed Professor in the Humanities and Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. He has held fellowships at Cambridge, Oxford, LSE, and King’s College London, and been a visiting scholar at NYU. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he has published in Foreign Affairs, New Statesman, Prospect, the Guardian, the Independent and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in New York.

The book has been compiled and edited by Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell who have been publishing critically acclaimed books on design and architecture since 2004.