Plakat nemogo kino v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo muzeia istorii Sankt-Peterburga. 1914–1919 (Posters for silent films in the collection of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, 1914–1919)
St. Petersburg: Muzei istorii Sankt-Peterburga, 2018. Sewn pb. The Museum of the History of St. Museum, an historical museum very rich in visual documents and works of fine art, graphic art and decorative arts, presents here about fifty posters for silent movies, some never published before. They are of interest from several points of view: what they tell us about the history of the period — the salient events and preoccupations; the interests and tastes of those who designed and commission the posters; what they reveal about the technical and aesthetic level of the genre in the late Imperial and early Soviet period. The movie posters published in this exhibition catalogue, most for the first time, are also of interest to historians of cinema — the posters are sometimes the only record of films that are lost. Also of interest are the currents of popular culture during a cataclysmic period for Russia—world war, revolution, civil war. 26 cm, approx. 180 color illus., Rus. Item #3082
ISBN: 9785432700780
Price: $79.00