Ennis Carter
Autor de Posters for the People: Art of the WPA
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The book has some introductory text, and a small statement about the Living Archive at the end. The rest is just the posters. The book is arranged by topics, say work, health, democracy, and travel. Now some people may simply denigrate the work as propaganda; after all, these posters were made to promote various government programs, so they would fit the definition (technically) of propaganda. However, we could see this as positive propaganda. For one, this was the New Deal, a time when the government put a lot of people to work, including artists, in order to keep the nation alive in a time of depression (maybe kind of what the government in the U.S. should be doing now, a new national work program, but that is a separate discussion). Also, the posters do display great art; there is a variety of art styles present which makes them just beautiful works of art as well. The book is a pleasure to browse through.
If you are a history buff, or you appreciate good art, this is a book you may want to add to your collection. Libraries definitely need to have this in their collections not only in the interest of art but also in the interest of preserving a small piece of history and sharing it with the community. Worth seeking out.… (más)