Catalog Search Results
Author
Formats
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge--aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner--is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother's unhappy house and who is as lonely and awkward as Frankie is. Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an enigmatic phrase, it becomes...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
For most films, it's a long, strange road from concept to screen, and sometimes those roads lead to dead ends. In 'Underexposed!: The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made', 50 artists from around the globe each contribute imagined poster art for one such dead-end film-a movie that never made it into production or that changed drastically from initial concept to final film. Each poster is accompanied by a short essay that explains the history behind a never-made...
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
One of the common features of communist regimes is the use of art for revolutionary means. Posters in particular have served as beacons of propaganda - vehicles of coercion, instruction, censure and debate - in every communist nation. They have promoted the authority of state and revolution, but have also been used as an effective means of protest. By their nature posters are ephemeral, tied to time and place, but many have had far-reaching, long-lasting...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Propaganda art has been synonymous with life in the galaxy far, far away. Whether it's a poster of a Star Destroyer hovering over a planet in a display of Imperial domination; a symbol painted on a wall to deliver a message of hope on behalf of the Rebellion; or a mural depicting a line of stormtroopers to promote unity within the First Order, this type of art, as an instrument of persuasive fearmongering and impassioned idealism, captures the ever-changing...
Author
Pub. Date
c.2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Beatrice "Bumble B." Flinn wants to help find her friend Rosa's lost cat, Charley, and she decides the best way is to make a flyer with a drawing and, with the help of her father, hand them out in the neighborhood but most of them blow away, and Rosa is upset and blames Bumble B and her flyer for the lack of results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Here are 100 political campaign posters from the annals of American history! The candidates range from Andrew Jackson (zDefender of Beauty and Bootyy) and William Henry Harrison (zHave Some Hard Cider!y) to Richard Nixon (zHe{8217}s the One!y), Barack Obama (zHopey), and many, many more. The posters are backed with colorful historical commentary and additional artwork. Perfect read political junkies of all ages!
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Presents bold graphics, photographs, and collages created by Emory Douglas, the Black Panther Party's newspaper art director and later the party's Minister of Culture. "Discusses Douglas's seminal role in the crafting of the party's visual identity and cultural programs and his lasting influence on generations of artists and designers."--Dust jacket.
.png)