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The Art of the Literary Poster

by Allison Rudnick
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781588397744
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
  • Publisher Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: USD 50.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1543 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Posters, Book, and Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections

An exploration of late nineteenth-century American literary posters--a vibrant genre at the vanguard of modern commercial art and graphic design

"Will thrill commercial art nerds and avid readers alike."--Nathalie Atkinson, Globe & Mail (Toronto), Gift Book Selection

Spurred by innovations in printing technology, the modern poster emerged in the 1890s as a popular form of visual culture in the United States. Created by some of the best-known illustrators and graphic designers of the period--including Will H. Bradley, Florence Lundborg, Edward Penfield, and Ethel Reed--these
advertisements for books and high-tone periodicals such as Harper's and Lippincott's went beyond the realm of commercial art, incorporating bold, stylized imagery and striking typography. This book, based on the renowned Leonard A. Lauder Collection, explores the craze for literary posters, which became sought
after collectibles even in their day. It offers new scholarly perspectives that address the aesthetic sophistication and modernity of the literary poster; the impact of early experiments in the field of advertising psychology; the expanded opportunities for women artists, who played an important role in advancing the socalled poster style; and the printmaking techniques that artists employed in this novel art form. A lively survey of a little-known but highly influential period in graphic design, The Art of the Literary Poster is sure to delight enthusiasts of illustration, advertising, and book arts.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(March 7-June 11, 2024)

Allison Rudnick is associate curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Jennifer A. Greenhill is Endowed Professor of American Art at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Rachel Mustalish is Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Department of Paper Conservation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Shannon Vittoria is assistant curator in the American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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