Presenting Shakespeare: 1,100 Posters from Around the World

by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić

A skull held aloft, a lovesick donkey, a bloodied dagger--these familiar icons are instantly recognizable shorthand for the plays of William Shakespeare. In the four hundred years since his death, the Bard of Avon's exalted place in the pantheon of theater and poetry--indeed, all of Western culture--is unequaled. As Ben Jonson proclaimed, Shakespeare "is not of an age but for all time!"

And just as centuries of theatrical artists have reimagined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616892927
• ISBN13: 9781616892920
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 11.1"