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Shell art & advertising / Scott Anthony, Oliver Green and Margaret Timmers ; with contributions by Nicky Balfour Penney.
Fine Arts Library NC998.6.G7 A58 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anthony, Scott, author.
- Green, Oliver, author.
- Timmers, Margaret, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Royal Dutch Shell plc.
- Commercial art--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Commercial art.
- Advertising--Petroleum industry and trade--History--20th century.
- Advertising.
- Advertising--Petroleum industry and trade--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- Advertising--Petroleum industry and trade.
- Royal Dutch Shell plc--History--20th century.
- Royal Dutch Shell plc--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Lund Humphries, in Association with Shell Heritage Art Collection, 2021.
- Summary:
- Exploring Shell's remarkable advertising archive, which includes an extensive poster collection, as well as film, cartoon graphics and guidebooks, this book is the first to present a comprehensive overview of the company's artistic heritage. The key contributions made by some major artists and designers including Paul Nash, Graham Sutherland, Ben Nicholson and Edward McKnight Kauffer are highlighted and beautifully reproduced from original archive material, and broader questions are explored, such as Shell's position within contemporary debates regarding the aesthetics of 'Commercial Art'. By delving into the ways in which Shell's publicity was conceived, commissioned and disseminated in the 20th century, the authors examine the historical and social contexts of Shell?s advertising and assess the work's broader cultural significance in shaping an era defined by travel, prosperity and mass democracy.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. It Started With A Seashell: Shell Origins / Oliver Green
- 2. Posters, Patronage And Prestige: 1928-1945 / Margaret Timmers
- 3. Shell: The Work Of Art / Scott Anthony
- 4. Shell's Art Heritage: Collections, Curation And Outreach / Margaret Timmers.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781848223783
- 1848223781
- OCLC:
- 1263755483
- Publisher Number:
- 99989038257
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