The Art of the Literary Poster

$50.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A Met Museum publication is the perfect gift for art lovers. By Allison Rudnick with essays by Jennifer A. Greenhill, Rachel Mustalish, and Shannon Vittoria Spurred by innovations in printing technology, the modern poster emerged in the 1890s as a popular form of visual culture in the United States. Created by some of the best-known illustrators and graphic designers of the period — including Will H. Bradley, Florence Lundborg, Edward Penfield, and Ethel Reed — these advertisements for books and high-tone…