Featuring a spectacular range of posters, flyers and advertising ephemera, The Art of British Rock highlights the UK"s distinct contribution to rock "n" roll design. From custom-designed posters for provincial ballrooms in the late fifties to the computer-generated images of today, rock music illustration has reflected - and influenced - crucial changes in popular visual art. With classic examples (some unseen for many years) of key styles including pop art, psychedelic illustration and punk "do-it-yourself, the book documents the visual style of British rock from the era of the Beatles and Rolling Stones to the present-day art of indie guitar bands, cutting-edge soloists and contemporary clubland.

More than 350 illustrations draw together the work of anonymous artists and internationally acclaimed designers including the Hapshash group in the sixties, Hipgnosis and Barney Bubbles in the seventies, Malcolm Garrett, Peter Saville and Vaughan Oliver in the eighties and beyond. All are the subject of special features within each chapter. The book concludes with the mix of retro and state-of-the-art design that has characterized rock poster illustration in the first decade of the 21st century. This is a unique celebration of more than 50 years of British rock "n" roll art. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Art of British Rock: 50 Years of Rock Posters, Flyers and Handbills (Evans Mike)