Political Posters In Central And Eastern Europe 1945-95: Signs Of The Times; Author: Aulich, James; Joint Author: Sylvestrova, Marta; Paperback

Author: Aulich, James; Joint Author: Sylvestrova, Marta
Paperback; 200 Colour and 280 B&w Illustrations, Bibliography
237 pages
Published: February 2000
Manchester University Press
ISBN: 0719054192
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The political poster was one of the most widely discredited and closely policed aspects of cultural life in the former communist bloc. The poster's history is a story of aesthetic, political and finally, national liberation. This comprehensively illustrated comparative analysis of political poster design -- drawn from major collections in Belorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, and the Ukraine -- exemplifies the aesthetic diversity of the region under communist rule.'Political Posters in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1995.' The political poster was one of the most widely discredited and closely policed aspects of cultural life in the former Communist Bloc. This comprehensively illustrated analysis of political poster design exemplifies the aesthetic diversity of the region under communist rule.