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First World War Posters

Rosalind Ormiston Gary Sheffield

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flametree
01 September 2016

First World War Posters is a striking and insightful foray into what this conflict meant to people all over the world and how their governments used poster art as a powerful appeal to everyone in society.

Featuring fantastic posters from the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Europe, the human angle really comes through. Beginning with a thoughtful introduction to the war and its posters, the book goes on to showcase the key works in all their glory.


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Imprint:   flametree
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 231mm,  Width: 203mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   760g
ISBN:   9780857758163
ISBN 10:   0857758160
Pages:   144
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Sheffield_(historian)

Rosalind Ormiston is an author and arts journalist with a wide range of interests in art, architecture and design history. Since 2002 she has been a visiting lecturer in art and architectural history at Kingston University, London. Her publications include: Van Gogh: A Life in Letters & Art, Alphonse Mucha: Masterworks, Art Deco: The Golden Age of Graphic Art and Illustration, William Morris: Artist, Craftsman, Pioneer; and books on Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt. Professor Gary Sheffield holds the Chair of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. A leading authority on the First World War, he has published extensively on military history, including The Chief: Douglas Haig and the British Army (2011) which was shortlisted for the 2012 Duke of Westminster's Medal for Military Literature.

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