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Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 22 images to color. Size: 8½ x 11 in. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.Long before images of pinup girls became popular in the mid-twentieth century, there were the Chérettes of Belle Époque Paris. Named after popular French artist Jules Chéret, who revolutionized the color printing process, these idealized women were displayed in a host of advertising posters throughout the city. Featuring exotic new fonts, bright hues, and sinuous lines, these posters became the subject of intense public fascination. Some critics even claimed them to be superior to the paintings exhibited in art museums. And when collectors began to steal them as quickly as they could be pasted up, a new term was coined: affichomanie, or poster mania. Why did people think these posters were so interesting? To put it simply, they had never seen anything like them before. And they were fun to look at: bold, colorful, and large. They became a vital element of an art style called Art Nouveau, or New Art, which was highly popular in both Europe and North America from about 1890 to 1914. In its organic elements, Art Nouveau was seen as a reaction to the rapid growth of industrial manufacturing.This coloring book contains twenty-two line drawings of Art Nouveau posters for you to color. The full-color posters are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you color in the line drawings, you can copy the original colors or you can be a trendsetter. We ve left a blank page in the back of the book so you can create your very own sensation. And don t forget to sign your work with a flourish!

Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 20 images to color. Size: 8½ x 11 in. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.America is a land of wonders, famed French visitor Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in 1835, in which everything is in constant motion. Railroads have been a prime means of seeing those wonders since well before 1869, when the link-up of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific lines initiated the era of coast-to-coast train service.The twenty posters in this coloring book, works of art as well as advertisements, celebrate the romance involved in exploring America s seashores, deserts, plains, and mountains by rail. They are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you color the line drawings, you could choose to copy the originals or you might prefer to create your own color combinations. We ve left the last pages of this coloring book blank so that you can draw and color pictures of your own. Will they feature trains traveling through cities and picturesque countrysides or will they be images wholly from your imagination?The Library of Congress Poster Collection, housed in the Library s Prints and Photographs Division, includes more than 100,000 posters from around the world. They are among more than 145 million items, in many media and more than 460 languages, that form the Library of Congress collections.

Though tigers traditionally terrify the timid, artist and author Robert Pizzo prefers to ponder them partaking of today s terrific technology. Forhis book The Amazing Animal Alphabet of Twenty-Six Tongue Twisters (Pomegranate, 2013), Pizzo assembled a cast of crazy critters to star in twenty-six tiny, tongue-twisting tales one for every letter of the alphabet. Taken from that book, this puzzle s picture playfully presents Pizzo s Techie Teenage Texan Tiger.Thoughtfully conceived and engagingly intricate, Pomegranate s 300-piece jigsaw puzzles combine superb color reproduction, stunning and unusual images, and sturdy construction to delight generations of novice and veteran puzzle solvers alike.

At the beginning of the Second World War, early posters produced in Britain by the Ministry of Information attempted to bolster morale and prepare the public for the oncoming struggle. Others publicised campaigns intended to sustain the home front by encouraging people to grow their own food and repair their clothes. The campaigns drew upon some of Britain’s most talented artists, designers, cartoonists, and advertisers, including Abram Games, Hans Schleger (a.k.a. Zero), and the Lewitt-Him partnership. Incorporating humour, memorable slogans, and modern design aesthetics, they created imaginative publicity that maintained morale. Beyond Britain, Australian and Canadian posters rallied their men and women to the Allied cause while American posters promoted caution and conservation, as well as celebrated the bravery of combatants. The images in this postcard book are from a selection of Second World War Allied posters collected primarily during the war. Founded in 1917 as the Imperial War Museum, IWM (now the Imperial War Museums) immediately began collecting from battlefields, factories, and homes in an effort to record the civilian and military war experience. Pomegranate’s books of postcards contain up to thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.

In a time before television and radio were mainstays in people’s homes, the poster was the most effective means of mass communication. In Britain during the First World War, in order to maintain enlistment into its first mass army, the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee in 1914 called upon the print and advertising industries to create arresting poster designs. These ranged from images cheerily promising adventure and fulfilment to others that pricked the conscience. They were easy and quick to produce and appeared everywhere—on buses, billboards, and public buildings—to keep the essential messages fresh in people’s minds. The war savings poster was by far the most widespread during the First World War. Armed forces and their populations at home needed to be sustained, and the mounting cost of war meant that every nation had to turn to its public to help finance the war effort through bond and loan schemes. In promoting these, some of the war’s most iconic images arose from around the world. The posters also encouraged food economy, urged greater production, promoted substitute material and foodstuffs, made charitable appeals, and advertised war-themed cultural events, all further underlining the importance of the poster in the context of total war. Founded in 1917 as the Imperial War Museum, IWM (now the Imperial War Museums) immediately began collecting from battlefields, factories, and homes in an effort to record the civilian and military war experience. The images presented on these postcards are from a selection of international First World War posters acquired largely between 1917 and 1920. Pomegranate’s books of postcards contain up to thirty top-quality reproductions bound together in a handy, artful collection. Easy to remove and produced on heavy card stock, these stunning postcards are a delight to the sender and receiver. Postcards are oversized and may require additional postage.

How would you color a Crabby Crab Cabbie? How would you ornament an Outlandish, Oboe-playing Octopus? In his book The Amazing Animal Alphabet of Twenty-Six Tongue Twisters Pomegranate, 2013, artist and author Robert Pizzo assembled a cast of crazy critters to star in twenty-six tiny, tongue-twisting talesone for every letter of the alphabet. He did the coloring in that book himself, setting his maniacal menagerie in a collection of captivatingly chaotic, brightly colored contexts. Now its your turn this coloring book offers Roberts same twenty-six tongue-torturing tableaux in black-and-white line drawings that cry out

Soft cover book with staple binding.48 pages with 22 images to colorSize: 8½ x 11 in.Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.Hampton Court was the favourite palace of England s King Henry VIII (reigned 1509 1547), who spent enormous sums of money turning it into one of the most magnificent palaces in his realm. About three centuries later Queen Victoria opened the palace and its gardens to visitors, creating a major public attraction.In 1908, a man named Frank Pick was given responsibility for publicising the city of London s transport system, known as the Underground. He began commissioning artists to produce posters encouraging the public to use the system. He believed the posters could also enrich the quality of life in the city.During the 1920s and 1930s, these posters reached a peak of stylistic quality. Designing a poster for the Underground became an honour among both great and aspiring artists. Pick was aware that almost every attraction in London, including Hampton Court, was within reach of the Underground. Eye-catching posters enticed travellers indirectly, by focussing on the destination rather than the mode of travel.In this colouring book, you will find 22 posters featuring Hampton Court. The posters were created for the Underground by many different artists; the originals are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you colour in these pictures, you can try to copy the original colours and style, or you might decide to use your own. The last page of this book is blank so that you can draw and colour in your own picture. Imagine your house as a grand English castle, and see if you can capture it on the page.

Soft cover book with staple binding. 48 pages with 22 images to color. Size: 8½ x 11 in. Coloring pages are blank on the back so they can be cut out and displayed.Hampton Court was the favourite palace of England s King Henry VIII (reigned 1509 1547), who spent enormous sums of money turning it into one of the most magnificent palaces in his realm. About three centuries later Queen Victoria opened the palace and its gardens to visitors, creating a major public attraction.In 1908, a man named Frank Pick was given responsibility for publicising the city of London s transport system, known as the Underground. He began commissioning artists to produce posters encouraging the public to use the system. He believed the posters could also enrich the quality of life in the city.During the 1920s and 1930s, these posters reached a peak of stylistic quality. Designing a poster for the Underground became an honour among both great and aspiring artists. Pick was aware that almost every attraction in London, including Hampton Court, was within reach of the Underground. Eye-catching posters enticed travellers indirectly, by focussing on the destination rather than the mode of travel.In this colouring book, you will find 22 posters featuring Hampton Court. The posters were created for the Underground by many different artists; the originals are shown as small pictures on the inside front and back covers. When you colour in these pictures, you can try to copy the original colours and style, or you might decide to use your own. The last page of this book is blank so that you can draw and colour in your own picture. Imagine your house as a grand English castle, and see if you can capture it on the page.