Your Country Needs YOU
Your Country Needs YOU
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The iconic image of Lord Kitchener with pointing finger is a design classic. In the run-up to the World War I anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent propaganda posters of the time. Drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book reveals a surprising new history of these hugely popular and enduring images.
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Your Country Needs YOU by James Taylor
The iconic image by Alfred Leete of Lord Kitchener with outstretched hand and finger, exhorting you to ‘do your bit’, is a design classic and has been repeatedly imitated worldwide. In the run-up to the World War I anniversary, Your Country Needs YOU celebrates the magnificent artwork of Leete and his fellow designers, and explores their legacy. Featuring colour reproductions of propaganda posters and drawing on fresh analysis of the archives, this book challenges received historical wisdom about these hugely popular and enduring images, and reveals a surprising new history that is no less than groundbreaking.
Wonderful.. a work that will fascinate.
A splendid little book... [with] magnificent illustrations.
Taylor is interesting on the great 'Careless talk costs lives' posters.
This is a terrific little tome. The word 'charming' is hard not to overuse here. -- Amazon reviewer.
History written in a most riveting and readable style. An excellent work... one of the best books I have ever read. -- Amazon reviewer.
A splendid little book... [with] magnificent illustrations.
Taylor is interesting on the great 'Careless talk costs lives' posters.
This is a terrific little tome. The word 'charming' is hard not to overuse here. -- Amazon reviewer.
History written in a most riveting and readable style. An excellent work... one of the best books I have ever read. -- Amazon reviewer.
James Taylor is the author of Careless Talk Costs Lives (a study of World War II propaganda artist Fougasse), and several other art history books and articles for specialist magazines. He is an art historian who has worked at Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers and as a curator at the National Maritime Museum. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he lives in Hampshire.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781887354974 |
| ISBN 10 | 1887354972 |
| Title | Your Country Needs YOU |
| Author | James Taylor |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Saraband |
| Year published | 2013-08-29 |
| Number of pages | 156 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |