The Propaganda Front: Postcards from the Era of World Wars
The Propaganda Front: Postcards from the Era of World Wars
By Anna Jozefacka, Lynda Klich, Juliana Kreinik & Benjamin Weiss
From the Leonard A. Lauder Archive
"Big Bertha" sends large-caliber greetings from Berlin. A Socialist worker raises the red flag. Adoring crowds greet Hitler and Mussolini. Uncle Sam orders Americans to enlist. In the first half of the twentieth century, these images and many more circulated by the millions on postcards that were designed to change minds and inspire actions. Whether produced by government propaganda bureaus, opportunistic publishers, aid organizations, or resistance movements, postcards conveyed their messages with striking graphics, pithy slogans, and biting caricatures—and in a uniquely personal form.
The more than 350 cards reproduced in full color in this book advocate for political causes and celebrate war efforts on all sides of the major conflicts of their time. The accompanying texts trace how a ubiquitous form of communication served increasingly sophisticated campaigns in an age of propaganda, and highlight the postcards collected here as both priceless historical documents and masterworks of graphic design.
Hardcover
272 pages | 380 color plates
MFA Publications, 2017
8.8 x 1.3 x 9.8 inches
ISBN 9780878467631
Graphic Design, Propaganda, Art History