The Art of Rock

by Paul Grushkin

A visual biography of Gabrielle Sidonie Colette... et voila Colette.

Genres: Music, Art, Nonfiction, Design, History, Art Design

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Paul Grushkin is the author and co-author of four best-selling rock & roll histories, collectively selling over one million copies.

Reviews

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is one of those small, nifty-gifty books that really packs a punch, if you like looking at posters from old rock shows, that is . . .















A fun book to peruse while a stack of vinyl plays in the background. It does set the mind to dreaming as to what it might have been like to attend one of these shows.

Ah, the days before Ticketmaster . . .

[Kass · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a great collection of rock posters here and some interesting history about the rock stars and artists behind them. I only wish that there a little more context given about the history of each rock movement. Most of the history was told through quotations from important figures but sometimes this was hard to follow.

[Bruce Kirby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Small, compact format but it gets the job done. It depicts the evolution of rock n' roll posters from the 50's to the the 80's. As much about the artists and agencies as it is about the art.

[Gerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good little book but not the right format in the miniature size

[Anna]

This book goes through the beginning of poster art up until early screenprinted. The old school Hatch posters and then the xerox copied fliers are cool to look at. The later book- Art of Modern Rock is awesome too!

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Art of Rock Posters is one of my favourite go-to books for artistic inspiration.
Bounded inside this volume is the evolution of artwork that was designed not only to inform but to also interpret the essence of the music and it's performers...with most vivid results.

[Rachael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful poster art

[Monica]

Anybody want to give me this book?

:-)

Seriously. I love this stuff. I saw a show in Toledo and started an essay here:
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/4...

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like I totally want to line my walls with this stuff, man.

[SouthWestZippy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Art book.