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Author : A. W. Coysh
Release : 1984
Genre : Postcards
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Book Rating : 158/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain, 1894-1939 by : A. W. Coysh
Download or read book The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain, 1894-1939 written by A. W. Coysh. This book was released on 1984. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. W. Coysh
Release : 1996
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Synopsis The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain, 1894-1939 by : A. W. Coysh
Download or read book The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain, 1894-1939 written by A. W. Coysh. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of relevant information, this book covers the whole field of picture postcard production in Britain. It is an indispensable reference to a vast amount of collectable pictorial material.
Author : Anthony Byatt
Release : 1978
Genre : Postcards
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Picture Postcards and Their Publishers by : Anthony Byatt
Download or read book Picture Postcards and Their Publishers written by Anthony Byatt. This book was released on 1978. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mariluz Restrepo
Release : 2024-04-05
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 162/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Postcard’s Radical Openness by : Mariluz Restrepo
Download or read book The Postcard’s Radical Openness written by Mariluz Restrepo. This book was released on 2024-04-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Postcard’s Radical Openness offers a groundbreaking exploration of what this multifaceted, double-sided open card entails and how it has affected our being in the world. With a holistic approach, it focuses on studying the postcard’s specific way of being and performing, a particular ontology that opens up what is constitutively implicated in such an apparently trivial artifact. The book, organized into four parts, meticulously unveils the postcard’s political, technological, aesthetic, and ethical dimensions, ending with a coda correlating the postcard’s radical openness to G. Klimt’s painting, Nuda Veritas (1899) in reference to the scope of truth. By examining the postcard’s complex worldwide history, its socio-cultural significance, and its global effect, the book reveals hidden stories shedding light on its impact on photography, printing, marketing, trade, and business practices and exposes the aesthetic, communicative, and ethical qualities that lie behind the enormous success of postcards at the turn of the 20th century. This comprehensive study is positioned as a thought-provoking invitation to scholars and students interested in material culture, media studies, and human interactions, as well as to history enthusiasts, art lovers, and postcard collectors. Offering a distinctive contribution, the book not only fills a void in the literature but also encourages readers to question and reflect on the transformative power inherent in the postcard's 'radical openness,' presenting a novel and unparalleled analysis of this seemingly trivial yet culturally significant object.
Author : Christopher Deakes
Release : 2023-10-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 627/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner by : Christopher Deakes
Download or read book A Postcard History of the Passenger Liner written by Christopher Deakes. This book was released on 2023-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From around 1880, for almost a hundred years, shipowners commissioned a wealth of paintings that depicted their magnificent liners as well as the routes they travelled, their exotic destinations, and life onboard. These paintings, rich in imagination and atmosphere, appeared on postcards and posters of the day and were used to advertise the companies and their ships; and so was born a whole genre that produced tens of thousands of paintings which formed a wonderful record of the great era of the passenger liner. In 1900, there were over thirty shipping companies operating passenger liners across the North Atlantic. Other oceans were similarly served. But now, with just a few exceptions, the companies and their liners have disappeared along with the art they once inspired. Little remains to recall this aspect of our maritime past except the postcards; and they tell an evocative story of the vanished world of elegant ships and leisurely travel, of social and political times much changed by the history of the past century. Here, brought vividly to life in more than 500 colourful postcards, are the ships on which so many of our predecessors sailed—as emigrants, soldiers, administrators, or simply as tourists—in days long past. These cards, which are now highly collectable, show how steamships developed over the years, but they are also a fine tribute to the artists who painted them. This volume also includes a glossary of some 170 illustrators, which forms an important reference section, and advice on collecting.
