The Complete "Masters of the Poster": All 256 Color Plates from "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486263096 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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The List of Plates also furnishes essential data on the original full-sized posters: their dimensions, the year in which they were first published, city of publication, and specific print shop responsible. In order to keep the plate pages uncluttered, captions are limited to plate number and the artist's name. Most significantly, the roster includes pioneers of the new medium, who became forever associated with poster art: Chéret, Mucha, Steinlen, the Beggarstaffs, Grasset, Penfield, Parrish, Bradley, and Hardy. See every Dover book in print at doverpublications. Of the 97 artists represented, some are preeminent painters and printmakers—Toulouse-Lautrec, Denis, Bonnard, Vallotton, Puvis de Chavannes—and others are famous illustrators and cartoonists of the period. A special Dover feature offers a full literal tran
On 16 occasions, the monthly wrapper also contained a bonus plate, not a poster reproduction but a specially created art lithograph. Every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900, subscribers received a wrapper containing four consecutively numbered poster reproductions. In order to keep the plate pages uncluttered, the captions on those pages have been limited to plate number (or letter) and the artist's name. Jules Chéret, father of the modern poster, emerged with the lion's share of the plates, 60 of the 240 numbered poster reproductions and 7 of the 16 unnumbered bonus plates. The List of Plates indicates the exact months in which Maîtres subscribers
"Overflowing Exhibitionism" according to David Wineberg. Just the thought of a poster subscription series makes me wonder why no one does this today. At the turn of the previous century, with Art Nouveau in full bloom, Victorian still prominent, and Art Deco hinted as the future, posters blossomed. They were most decidedly worth receiving in the mail – four a month, for a full series of 2Overflowing Exhibitionism David Wineberg Just the thought of a poster subscription series makes me wonder why no one does this today. At the turn of the previous century, with Art Nouveau in full bloom, Victorian still prominent, and Art Deco hinted as the future, posters blossomed. They were most decidedly worth receiving in the mail – four a month, for a full series of 240. Mucha, Toulouse-Lautrec, Grasset and countless others, made their living in advertising.And here they are, in order, numbered, with stats about the artists,. 0. Mucha, Toulouse-Lautrec, Grasset and countless others, made their living in advertising.And here they are, in order, numbered, with stats about the artists,. "Stunning!" according to January Gray. Beautiful and simply stunning. Beautiful plates and artists names and tons of information. I received this from NetGalley on behalf of the Publisher in e-book format, but I imagine it is incredible in hard copy and would make an amazing gift or coffee table book.. good reference As stated, the book contains all 256 plates. But there is almost no informational material. If you just want to know what was included in this series, this is your reference manual.