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Lauren E. Robinson

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2018

Linen Hall Library

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Libraries & Turbulence: Poster Art During Social And Political Unrest, Lauren E. Robinson Dec 2017

Libraries & Turbulence: Poster Art During Social And Political Unrest, Lauren E. Robinson

Lauren E. Robinson

The article offers information related to poster arts. Topics discussed include origin of poster art by a self-taught French artist Jules Cheret, significance of political poster art in analyzing the turmoil of political and social movements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and preservation and accessibility of unique graphic collection and "Divided Society Digitisation Project" of Linen Hall Library to careful acquisition and collection by the librarians and staff.