Posters of The Summer Olympics And Running Events
Olympic Games Lithographs
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Publisher Description
With over 100 beautiful images of Summer Olympics and running event posters, this book provides a brief history of the lithograph as collectable art. Starting with the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, the Games have always placed great importance on visual imagery. This imagery can be seen in the stunning lithographs and posters created to help promote the Games. These posters have become very collectable and original copies can be very difficult to find. Along with Olympic posters, many major road races and running events around the world also produced vivid and striking posters to announce their events. The beautiful images in this book will provide you with a great variety of artistic styles by artists going back to the early twentieth century.
Customer Reviews
Fabulous Book
I really enjoyed this book. If you’re a poster collector you’ll enjoy all the rare and vintage posters in his collection. If you’re a runner, you’ll really appreciate his collection of rare running event posters from all around the world
Wonderful book
If you’re an art lover, or a runner, or a fan of the Summer Olympics, you’ll really enjoy this book. His book is full of incredible posters and interesting facts. A. Thaman has done an excellent job of providing the history of the lithograph as valuable and collectable art. The posters are beautifully presented with lots of interesting information about the art and the artists.
If You’re an Art Loving Runner, Get This Book!
Thaman put together an instant classic by curating some of the best historical road race and running lithographs. The book offers not only images of beautiful posters but also colorful descriptions and citations of the events. If you’re a seasoned runner, you’ll enjoy leafing through the pages of this dazzling assmbly of sports art work!