Research Catalog

Title

Presenting Shakespeare : 1,100 posters from around the world / Mirko Ilic & Steven Heller ; preface by Julie Taymor.

Author

Ilić, Mirko, 1956-

Publication

New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2015]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Heller, Steven

Description

319 pages; 29 cm

Summary

"A skull held aloft; a lovesick donkey; a bloodied dagger--these familiar symbols are instantly recognizable shorthand for the plays of William Shakespeare. In the four hundred years since his death in 1616, the Bard of Avon's exalted place in the pantheon of theater and poetry--and within all of Western culture--has been unequaled. As critic Ben Jonson proclaimed, Shakespeare "is not of an age but for all time!" And just as centuries of theatrical artists have continuously reimagined his works through the lens of their own time and culture, so have illustrators and designers been inspired to create posters that reinvent Shakespeare's well-known symbols and themes for each new generation of theatergoers. Presenting Shakespeare collects more than twelve hundred posters for Shakespeare's plays, designed by an international roster of artists representing more than xx countries, from Japan to Colombia to India to Russia to Australia and beyond. A fascinating trove of theatrical artifacts, Presenting Shakespeare is a necessary volume for theater and design lovers alike"--

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Stage history
• Theatrical posters
• DESIGN / General

Genre/Form

• playbills.
• Playbills (Posters)
• Affiches de théâtre.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781616892920
• 1616892927

LCCN

^^2015004930

OCLC

902831424

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library