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Beschreibung
This volume presents a nuanced exploration of how illustrated magazines shaped global visual culture between 1910 and 1970. In the early to mid-twentieth century, the vast majority of printed photographs appeared in the pages of illustrated magazines. Publications such as Life, China Pictorial, Drum, Picture Post, and Ebony did more than showcase photographs; they crafted visual narratives by combining images, text, and graphics into influential cultural artifacts. These periodicals shaped public perception and mass media consensus like the Internet does today, bringing a shared visual experience to homes and newsstands around the world. The essays in this volume delve into the technologies and visual strategies behind these publications, showing how their layouts were affected by political, commercial, editorial, and artistic factors leading up to World War II. The commentaries also explore how democracy, dictatorships, colonization, and modernity at large gave rise to experimental magazine designs, turning avant-garde art and lifestyle reporting into popular formats. Featuring over 150 images, Print Matters traces how illustrated magazines evolved across countries and continents, offering new insights into their history and enduring impact on culture and society.
This volume presents a nuanced exploration of how illustrated magazines shaped global visual culture between 1910 and 1970. In the early to mid-twentieth century, the vast majority of printed photographs appeared in the pages of illustrated magazines. Publications such as Life, China Pictorial, Drum, Picture Post, and Ebony did more than showcase photographs; they crafted visual narratives by combining images, text, and graphics into influential cultural artifacts. These periodicals shaped public perception and mass media consensus like the Internet does today, bringing a shared visual experience to homes and newsstands around the world. The essays in this volume delve into the technologies and visual strategies behind these publications, showing how their layouts were affected by political, commercial, editorial, and artistic factors leading up to World War II. The commentaries also explore how democracy, dictatorships, colonization, and modernity at large gave rise to experimental magazine designs, turning avant-garde art and lifestyle reporting into popular formats. Featuring over 150 images, Print Matters traces how illustrated magazines evolved across countries and continents, offering new insights into their history and enduring impact on culture and society.
Über den Autor
Maria Antonella Pelizzari is a professor of the history of photography in the Department of Art and Art History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York. Andrés Mario Zervigón is a professor of the history of photography in the Department of Art History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Fotografieren & Filmen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Issues & Debates
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9798887120003
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pelizzari, Maria Antonella
Hersteller: Getty Trust Publications
Issues & Debates
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 253 x 177 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Maria Antonella Pelizzari
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.11.2025
Gewicht: 0,99 kg
Artikel-ID: 134239438