1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990002831030403321

Autore

Wagner, Adolph

Titolo

Del credito e delle banche / Adolfo Wagner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[s.l.] : s.n., s.d.

Descrizione fisica

pp. 292-538 ; 25 cm

Locazione

ECA

Collocazione

18-63-TB

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Estratto da: Biblioteca dell'Economista, 3. Serie. Tomo 1., parte 2

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461154703321

Autore

Guffey Elizabeth E.

Titolo

Posters : a global history / / Elizabeth E. Guffey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Reaktion Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78023-411-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

741.67409

Soggetti

Posters - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Posters: A Global History; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Consuming Words on The Street: 1840-1950; 2. Trashing Tradition: 1945-1965; 3. New Art, New Space: 1960-1980; 4. Fetishism and The Global Poster: 1960-1980; 5. A New Golden Age - Digital Enchantment:



1980-2014; Epilogue: Post-Posters?; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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