{"product_id":"protest-a-history-of-social-and-political-protest-graphics-hardcover","title":"Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLiz McQuiston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative, richly illustrated history of six centuries of global protest art\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political discontent. From the earliest broadsheets in the 1500s to engravings, photolithographs, prints, posters, murals, graffiti, and political cartoons, these endlessly inventive graphic forms have symbolized and spurred on power struggles, rebellions, spirited causes, and calls to arms. Spanning continents and centuries, \u003ci\u003eProtest \u003c\/i\u003e presents a major new chronological look at protest graphics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning in the Reformation, when printed visual matter was first produced in multiples, Liz McQuiston follows the iconic images that have accompanied movements and events around the world. She examines fine art and propaganda, including William Hogarth's \u003ci\u003eGin Lane\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Nast's political caricatures, French and British comics, postcards from the women's suffrage movement, clothing of the 1960s counterculture, the anti-apartheid illustrated book \u003ci\u003eHow to Commit Suicide in South Africa\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"Silence=Death\" emblem from the AIDS crisis, murals created during the Arab Spring, electronic graphics from Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution, and the front cover of the magazine \u003ci\u003eCharlie Hebdo\u003c\/i\u003e. Providing a visual exploration both joyful and brutal, McQuiston discusses how graphics have been used to protest wars, call for the end to racial discrimination, demand freedom from tyranny, and satirize authority figures and regimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the French, Mexican, and Sandinista revolutions to the American civil rights movement, nuclear disarmament, and the Women's March of 2017, \u003ci\u003eProtest \u003c\/i\u003e documents the integral role of the visual arts in passionate efforts for change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz McQuiston is a graphic designer and independent scholar. She has served as the head of the Department of Graphic Art and Design at the Royal College of Art, and her many books include \u003ci\u003eVisual Impact: Creative Dissent in the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGraphic Agitation 2: Social and Political Graphics in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSuffragettes to She-Devils: Women's Liberation and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 11.6 x 9.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756996428064,"sku":"9780691198330","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e1d6bab462a68cb36e7c60d10f36374.webp?v=1780091228","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/protest-a-history-of-social-and-political-protest-graphics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}