Film Posters of the Russian Avant-Garde

Following extensive spinal surgery, during the recovery phase, I rediscovered my love of art and the history of art. I already owned a few Taschen volumes but decided to build my collection. Buying used on Amazon is a great way to make this somewhat more affordable. I even found a few new titles selling cheaper than the used one on eBay. If you love high quality books, love art, love reading about art movements and artists across all genres - these Taschen books are hard to beat.

I don't normally write reviews but this is a ridiculously good book on Russian Avant Garde film posters. There's background on the major artists, commentary on their work, a solid collection of posters on quality paper, and accompanying text to explain what the films are about. I wish all art books possessed this breadth and depth when covering a particular subject. And I'm utterly amazed by the price for what I got in return.

Even if we’re not designing anything remotely like this, it’s really interesting to see the use of fonts, the placement of images, and the dynamics that are added by graphics.

Very good and interesting. Gifted it to my partner and they loved it. We learned a lot about poster design in the russian avant-garde. Good balance of pictures and text. The text is translanted in english, french and italian.

I bought it for the pictures and was not disappointed. I have to sat the analysis was enlightening, relevant and concise. In so many books on culture it’s virtually impenetrable. Well worth the money for anyone with even a passing interest in the subject.

Nice chunky volume. For this price you want a book with a bit of heft. One point to note is that you don't have to queue for four hours to purchase it. Pesky capitalism.

This book is absolutely beautiful. It is packed FULL of images of posters and is a perfect source for visual inspiration of any kind. Fantastic print quality, the hardback cover is strong, overall a great buy.

Good quality plates.

Este livro tem uma vasta colecao de cartazes, um mais lindo que o outro, uma pena que o livro nao eh maior!

La colección Bibliotheca Universalis de Taschen es de una calidad/precio insuperable. Es cierto que algunos títulos pueden desmerecer a un tamaño tan pequeño pero pienso que eso depende de los gustos y necesidades de cada uno. Unos dirán que algunos textos son en una fuente demasiado pequeña para leerlos comodamente, y para otros el problema estará en el tamaño de los diseños e ilustraciones, pequeños para apreciarlos como se merecen. En mi humilde opinión, este sobre carteles de cine en la Unión Soviética, no tiene ninguno de esos inconvenientes. Un libro excelente.

Sur le thème pas très connu que sont les films made in URSS....avec des affiches qui meritent d'être admirée....

I know some may think it's a bit too small, but it was a good size for me. It has tons of design. I loved it.

Fantastic book. Taschen as usual excellent. Print quality is excellent.