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Title
Imagining destinations: art posters and the promotion of tourism
Description
This study examines transnational connections between art as advertising and the tourism industry. The development of railroads, and later airlines, played a crucial role in the growth of travel. Art posters supported this expansion. By the mid-twentieth century, art posters gained wide acceptance for encouraging leisure travel. Posters and paintings were constructed by artists to visualize destinations, underscoring the social status and modern convenience of tourism. This thesis describes how advertising, as an aspect of popular visual culture, offered compelling parallels to stylistic developments in modern art.
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- O'Dowd, Sarah (Author)
- Sweeney, J Gray (Thesis advisor)
- Serwint, Nancy (Committee member)
- Cruse, Markus (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
vi, 120 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17735
Statement of Responsibility
by Sarah O'Dowd
Description Source
Viewed on Aug. 26, 2013
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2013
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-106)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Art history
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- 2013-07-12 06:13:49
System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:42:47
- 2 years 8 months ago
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