Power to the Imagination Artists, Posters and Politics

Name: Power to the Imagination Artists, Posters and Politics
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ISBN: 9783777438818

ISBN-10: 3777438812

ISBN-13: 9783777438818

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jï¿½rgen Dï¿½ring, Jï¿½rgen Dï¿½ring

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From the late nineteenth century to the Vietnam Era to Robert Indiana’sHopesculpture for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, avant-garde artists have long drawn on the dual inspirations of utopian ideals and history in the making to create striking posters that reflect the demand for equality, tolerance, freedom, and human rights.With more than one hundred vivid, full-color illustrations by great artists of the past century,Power to the Imaginationrecounts this story. Included is Picasso’s unassuming image of a dove—later commandeered by the Communist “peace” movement—as well as brilliant graphic works by the many artists who came out in support of striking students and workers in…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Publication date: 7/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English

Jï¿½rgen Dï¿½ring is Head of the Graphics and Posters Department at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg. He is the author of Lichtenstein Posters (Prestel).