| Description |
191 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Note |
Accompanies an exhibition that opens at the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. in the spring of 1998. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-184) and indexes |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
Although the last twenty years have brought increased awareness of the force and significance of posters, this book is the first to focus exclusively on those created in the United States. |
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Featured here are 120 enticing posters created by some of the most popular American artists and graphic designers of the last hundred years - including Will Bradley, Ben Shahn, Robert Rauschenberg, Rupert Garcia, Georgia O'Keeffe, Wes Wilson, Norman Rockwell, Victor Moscoso, and the Guerrilla Girls - as well as splendid works by less familiar artists. |
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The plate section is divided into five categories that address the social, commercial, political, and cultural roles of posters: American Events, Designed to Sell, Patriots and Protestors, Advice for Americans, and Sports. Persuasive images such as these continue to play an integral part in almost every aspect of American life. |
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Biographical entries on the artists, a concise guide to postermaking terms, a bibliography, and both subject and chronological indexes serve to make this volume an invaluable reference tool. |
| Contents |
Posters American style -- Guide to postermaking terms -- Plates -- American events -- Designed to sell -- Patriots and protesters -- Advice for Americans -- Sports -- Biographies of the postermakers. |
| Subject |
Posters, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Posters, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Heyman, Therese Thau. Posters American style. New York : National Museum of American, Smithsonian Institution in association with H.N. Abrams, c1998 (OCoLC)606998465 |
| ISBN |
0810937492 clothbound |
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9780810937499 clothbound |
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0810927802 mus. pbk. |
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9780810927803 mus. pbk. |
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