The Art of Italian Film Posters

Italian cinema has produced some of the medium's most striking moments, films acclaimed as classics of their kind not only within Italy but also internationally. Italian filmmakers have defined, influenced and indeed created whole genres. This collection offers an overview of a rich cinematic culture, profiling and paying homage to its artists and designers. "The Art of Italian Film Posters" follows Italian film from its early mythological phase, through the development of Neorealism, the transitional 1950s, the creative peak of the 60s and the politically troubled 70s. In terms of poster design this period was also a golden age. Artists were not subject to today's style guidelines where a global marketing plan governs all publishing material; different versions were executed by both obscure and well known artists, and were printed in thousands of copies. The cultural heritage of the film poster functions not only as supporting document for the history of cinema, but also as a history of our times, as we see social trends mirrored and challenged by cinema.

ISBN 1904772315   Pages 224 ISBN13 9781904772316 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Black Dog Publishing London UK   Weight (grammes) 1374 Imprint Black Dog Publishing Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 280 Publication date 18 Nov 2005   Width (mm) 226 DEWEY 769.49791430945   Spine width (mm) 20 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

		Introduction : one sheet of dreams		10
		First encounters : the beginnings of the film poster		20
		History in black and white : filmmaking under fascism		28
		Point and shoot : the birth of neorealism		40
		Gold among the production line : the rise of the classic directors in the 1950s		60
		Boomtown : the heyday of Italian film during the 1960s		86
		America muscles in : cult mythological films in the early 1960s		116
		A fistful of westerns : the rise of the spaghetti western		132
		Screaming with style : Italian horror during the 1960s and 1970s		158
		The kings are dead : the end of an era : Italian filmmaking in the 1970s		188

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