Front Page : Covers of the Twentieth-Century

Vidaling, Raphaelle

ISBN 10: 0297829718 / ISBN 13: 9780297829713

Published by Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2003

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Front Page : Covers of the Twentieth-Century
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297829718
• ISBN 13: 9780297829713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 3.468 pounds

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Synopsis

Every page is memorable, every image unforgettable, every moment meaningful. Take a tour of the entire twentieth century through the more than 500 of the most outstanding magazine covers from around the world--Look, Life, Der Spiegel, andParis Match among them. Each one stands witness to an era when magazines kept headlines to a minimum, allowing the pictures to speak for themselves. From political figures to fashion to movie stars, from depictions of daily life, 100 years of imaginative and thought-provoking design unfolds. Such titles as Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, andVogue set the styles with the greatest artists; Andy Warhol's Interviewlater showcased cutting-edge art direction and images from photographers, such as Francesco Scavullo. Here, too, are refined, witty, and often satiric drawings fromThe New Yorker and Norman Rockwell's nostalgic paintings from The Saturday Evening Post. See how journals throughout the world portrayed a monster (Adolf Hitler), key heads of state (Khruschev, De Gaulle, Kennedy), two world wars, the Beatles and Vietnam, and royal weddings (Princess Grace, Princess Di). From Punch and Playboy to Time and Jours de France, it's an amazing, sometimes joyful and sometimes sober, look at life in the last century.

Reviews

This eye-popping coffee table book features a bizarre assemblage of images, ranging from the psychedelic 1970s covers of the now-defunct French pop culture magazine Actuel, to a Life magazine cover from 1944, with Charles de Gaulle in uniform, gazing out above the photographer's lens, to a portrait of a suave-looking Robert Redford on the cover of Rolling Stone in 1980. It's a stirring collection. After a brief history of magazine covers in particular and the press in general, the editors share covers from 28 American and European magazines, picking ones that favor splashy art or provocative photos over headlines and captions. They then analyze trends in graphics, including caricature in Pop Art; hightlight cover themes (such as transportation, propaganda and fashion); and point to people who have set records for the most cover appearances (including Grace Kelly, Hitler and Princess Diana). The well-produced color and b&w illustrations offer a dazzling representation of the last century.
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