Georges Mathieu. Retrospective (French Edition)

Biographies & Memoirs

Cimorelli, Dario

Professionals & Academics

Paris-Musees Association

<p>In the closing decade of the nineteenth century, the modern age invaded the city streets of Italy in the form of advertising posters. Bouquets of monkeys, elephants, masks, automobiles and elegantly--and sometimes scantily--clad ladies suddenly blossomed upon walls everywhere, indoors and out, visually grabbing the attention of an Italian public interested in the new commercial products that promised a new way of living. These advertisements were executed by some of the greatest illustrators of the day--Leonetto Cappiello, Achille Lucien Mauzan, Marcello Dudovich, Plinio Codognato, Leopoldo Metlicovitz and Gino Boccasile--who together produced a medley of playful, allusive, ironic and experimental imagery unmatched by any other European or American posters of that era. The current scarcity of Italian posters on the market today makes this lush publication all the more valuable for its depiction of a legacy in poster design.</p>

Posters: Irony, Imagination and Eroticism in Advertising 1895-1960

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Silvana Editorale

This fascinating, abundantly illustrated book delves into the evolution of Italian advertising and fashion posters, showing how social developments and economic expansion were reflected in commercial art. Advertising served as an ideal vehicle for fashion, as seen in the dreamy fin-de-siecle ladies drawn by Aleardo Terzi in his posters for the "Magazzini Mele" in Naples. The splendid elegance of these images reflects the ambitions of the country's newly ascendant bourgeois class. As advertising came into its own as a powerful means of information and propaganda, posters and magazines became fertile ground for adventurous creativity. It was here that the greatest artists, illustrators and fashion designers of the day displayed what they were capable of. Above all, the works presented in this publication chart how Italy developed a sense of itself, coming to understand its place in the modern world. This was a time of rapid expansion for Italian fashion, an era when Italy and its distinc

Posters: Advertising and Italian Fashion, 1890-1950

Villari, Anna

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COLLECTIF

SILVANA

Carosello. Pubblicità e televisione 1957-1977

Roffi, Stefano

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