On a dull and damp day, sitting in a chair by the heating vent and looking at pretty Art Nouveau posters is an a-okay thing to do. Obviously, the optimal way to do so would be in a big, glossy, coffee-table book, with thick sheets that take both hands to turn and smooth down, but on my iPad works too. Click-click-click, pretty poster after pretty poster. I’d decorate my walls with the ones I liked best if I could.
It’s Dover, so bare-bones as Dover often is. Having the translation of the posters in a completely different section than the posters themselves, rather than on the same page as the poster itself, may work better in a print book than the e-book, where one can flip with more impunity. But if you’re just in it for the pretty pictures, typography, and graphic design, then really, what do the words matter?
Off to find out which ones are in the public domain for me to print off.
The Complete “Masters of the Poster” All 256 Color Plates from “Les Maitres de l’Affiche” went on sale July 20, 2016.
I received a copy free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.