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Ah the gilded age, when the rich lived well, and everything was beautiful, including the advertising posters from the Opera to Electricity to Chocolate Milk. This is a fabulous collection of those posters, done by famous artists, and not so famous artists. The likes of Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret, and Maxfield Parrish. Some of these posters are still recognizable today.My only complaint about this volume is that the notes are in a different section, so you have to flip back and forth to find
A great collection of vintage posters, some of which I would adore to have as prints myself. I found the introduction to this volume a little sparse yet informative, and the whole was set out very well indeed. I read a galley edition of this, and whilst it was lovely, I would have preferred a hard copy, just so I could linger for longer over the pictures.
Thank you Netgalley and Dover Publications for the ARC!Surprisingly, after having read this, Toulouse-Lautrec is my favorite artist from that period and style no more, because thanks to this publication I was able to discover some of my new favorite 'Masters'. Full review on my blog.Es increíble, pero Tousolouse-Lautrec ya no es mi artista preferido de ese período y estilo, porque gracias a esta publicación descubrí nuevos "Maestros" favoritos. Reseña completa en mi blog.
"Les Maîtres de l'Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) is one of the most prestigious and influential art publications in history. Its 256 color plates have preserved for each succeeding generation a wide- ranging selection of outstanding posters from the turn of the century, when the popular art form had reached its first peak. This Dover edition is the first complete republication of the legendary Maîtres set to devote a full large page to each plate. Les Maîtres de l'Affiche was issued as se
This is lovely collection of the 256 plates from "The Masters of Posters" which were produced from the period of 1986 to 1900. This book has lovely small reproduction of these plates with a full list of the artist information about the posters. I have always enjoyed these posters and it is good to be able to find out more about them, as well as have them all in the one book. This would make a wonderful coffee table book as the posters are so well known, that people always like to know more about...
I reviewed this book for NetGalley.The Complete "Masters of the Poster" is a republication of a book originally published in the 90's. The subject is poster art of the late nineteenth century - the "Belle Epoque" specifically. Originally, "Masters of the Poster" was a French poster subscription service that sent its members a poster each month, from December 1895 to November 1900. And on sixteen separate months, the lucky subscribers received a bonus original lithograph from a master poster arti...
I received an advanced reading copy of this book for my fair and honest review. Since this was in electronic format, the book definitely lost a bit in translation and should be "read" in actual physical book format. I say "read" because the majority of the book is comprised of reproduction poster prints and there isn't a lot of text other than a history of the subject and a brief background for each of the artists featured in the collection.That being said, the poster artwork is simply stunning
The Complete Masters of the Poster by Stanley Appelbaum et. al. is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late August.Originally published in 1990, this new reprint compiles poster designs released between 1895 and 1900 and mailed to Maitres de l'Affiche subscribers at a rate of 4 per month. Subtle and yet brazen in their simple, matte beauty, each poster is quite beautiful, colorful, and ever so French.
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'The Complete "Masters of the Poster:: All 256 Color Plates from "Les Maitres de l'Affiche' edited by Stanley Appelbaum is a gorgeous collection of art from an earlier age.Starting with an introductory foreword by the editor, the history of the collection is given. There is an extensive bibliography giving translations for the posters. Then the posters follow. Who knew ads for magazines and chocolate milk could be so elegant? Certainly this is a lost era which valued the beauty in things as simp...
A delightful collection of vintage posters, always very interesting to check out. However, my digital copy was a little messed up, I could just not get it to show the entire page, so every poster bottom was cut off :( that's why it's 4 stars. But I believe this will not be a problem with the print edition, and things like this are best to savor in print anyway!P.S. I got this on Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
all the great poster artists featured here(well lots of them).
This is one of those books I wish I'd picked up sooner, because it was excellent and a joy to read and look through the plates.
Note: I received a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
Fantastic collection of art! These posters are beautiful. I also really enjoyed this books feature that it had the text on the posters translated into English, otherwise there were many I wouldn't know at all what they advertised. Knowing the purpose of the poster makes them a lot more interesting and worthwhile! My only dissappointment was that the details for and translation of each poster was in an index at the beginning of the book and not provided with each poster. Otherwise exceeded expect...
A masterful publication of the iconic posters which were issued every month to subscribers, during the latter years of 1800's.Dover has produced a wonderfully colourful book with reproductions of posters from Mucha etc.A great introduction to the Art Nuevo movement and an essential addition to any art book shelf.I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Dover Publications via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.
On a dull and damp day, sitting in a chair by the heating vent and looking at pretty Art Nouveau posters is an a-okay thing to do. Obviously, the optimal way to do so would be in a big, glossy, coffee-table book, with thick sheets that take both hands to turn and smooth down, but on my iPad works too. Click-click-click, pretty poster after pretty poster. I'd decorate my walls with the ones I liked best if I could.It's Dover, so bare-bones as Dover often is. Having the translation of the posters
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.