American Image : U. S. Posters from the 19th to the 20th Century

"The American Image" provides a rare survey of this popular art, spanning more than one hundred years. Selected from the Resnick Collection, the book's seventy-eight posters represent every significant style and theme. They range from design masterpieces to works of primarily historical value, from posters by renowned designers to those created anonymously, and from celebrated images to those never before published.This handsome companion book includes superb, full-color reproductions; an incisive essay on American poster design by Professor R. Roger Remington; and a preface and authoritative commentary on each image by Mark Resnick. The first "compact history" of the American poster, this book is a unique resource for scholars, collectors, designers, students, and all who are fascinated by American history and popular culture.Resnick, Mark is the author of 'American Image : U. S. Posters from the 19th to the 20th Century', published 2006 under ISBN 9781933360164 and ISBN 193336016X.