Posters of the Cold War cover

Posters of the Cold War

by David Crowley

"From the late 1940s when the 'Iron Curtain' was drawn across Europe to the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, this book surveys poster design of the Cold War period. It explores a number of pressing themes including the imagery of peace and revolution; 'samizdat' and underground poster art in the Eastern Bloc; and the Cold War film poster. Coming from over fifteen countries, the posters featured in this book have been selected to demonstrate the wide international reach of the conflict. It features over seventy artists and poster designers of the period including Pablo Picasso, Peter-Paul Piech, Grapus Design Collective, Peter Kennard and the Cuban Poster School."--Jacket.

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