Posters of the First World War

by Robert Fleming and David Bownes

The First World War coincided with a golden age of advertising, and throughout the conflict striking and colorful poster art was used to recruit soldiers, promote investment in the war, keep up morale - and, of course, to vilify the enemy. Prominent artists including Norman Wilkinson paired bold images to punchy text to maximize the pieces' impact, and the selection in this book offers an informative guide to the range of posters used and how government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747814287
• ISBN13: 9780747814283
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.8" x 7.6"