Posters: A Concise History

World of Art

by John Barnicoat

Studies the artists and movements that have shaped and influenced the development of poster design during a one-hundred-year period

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1985

Reviews

[pher · Rating 1 out of 5]

The composition of this book it’s quiet a mess

[Rodger Stanier · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh dear, what a dreary read. I love posters and am inspired by them specially the brilliants adverts over the last 50 years but his boring style and factual time lines just sent me to sleep
Admittedly some of the posters were interesting but dogged facts just drove me to skim reading
I was going to suggest a huge update but John has passed away, and to be honest it would ve better to start again from scratch.
I don’t like to speak ill of the dead so let me finish by congratulating him on completing such as massive body of research.

[Igor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read the edition from Thames & Hudson world of art. A book about posters in black and white pages? Come on. The writing style is so boring and confusing, I had to search through the Internet to get a better description of some of the art styles. The layout and the organization of the text and the images is so confusing. Disappointing.

[Agus]

Me generó mucha desesperación la arbitrariedad cronológica con la que están dispuestas las imágenes (cabe la pena destacar que son el 50% del libro), me hacía tener que avanzar y retroceder constantemente, dificultando la lectura. Más allá de eso, está bueno. Una línea de tiempo no viene mal.

[Cliff Poche · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really liked some of the poster designs!

[Huguette Larochelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

the history of posters.

[Jennpants · Rating 2 out of 5]

A concise history of BORING. You won't hear me say this often, but thank god for the pictures.

[Neva · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is such a slog. It's like reading someone's badly written thesis. Only redeeming quality is the reproductions.