Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture Gift by Robert Graves

by Robert Graves

Most histories of the Great War focus on the avoidability of its beginning

The home-front life—factory work

both famous and lesser-known authors

Picture This: World War I Posters and Visual Culture Gift by Robert GravesDescription edited by Pearl James Paperback The First World War was waged through the participation not just of soldiers but of men, women, and children on the home front. Mass produced, full color, large format war posters were both a sign and an instrument of this historic shift in warfare. War posters celebrated, in both their form and content, the modernity of the conflict. They also reached an enormous international audience through their