

An edition of Seduction or instruction? (2007)
First World War Posters in Britain and Europe
By James Aulich,John Hewitt
Publish Date
April 1, 2008
Publisher
Manchester University Press,Distributed exclusively in USA by Palgrave
Language
eng
Pages
237
Description:
"Seduction or instruction? considers the museological and memorialising imperatives behind the formation of the war publicity collection at the Imperial War Museum and undertakes institutional and iconographical analyses of the British government's recruiting, war load and charity campaigns. It examines the effect of the inroads of the poster into important public and symbolic spaces and provides a comparative analysis of European poster design and the visual contribution of the poster through style and iconography to languages of 'imagined communities'." "This volume will be of interest to design historians, historians and readers involved with the study of communication arts, publicity, advertising and visual culture at every level."--Jacket.
subjects: History, Posters, Propaganda, War posters, World War, 1914-1918, Art styles: c First World War to 1960, Poster art, History - General History, History: World, British Isles, Europe, Europe - Great Britain - General, History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), History / Great Britain, World war, 1914-1918, great britain, World war, 1914-1918, pictorial works, Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918, Affiches, Propagande, Progagande, Affiches de guerre, Histoire
Places: Europe, Great Britain
Times: 20th century, George V, 1910-1936