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Western Amerykanski by Autry Museum of Western Heritage (1999, Hardcover) 
Western Amerykanski by Autry Museum of Western Heritage (1999, Hardcover)

 
Western Amerykanski by Autry Museum of Western Heritage (1999, Hardcover)

Author: Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
Publication Date: 1999-10-01
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0295978120
ISBN-13: 9780295978123
Product ID: EPID785557
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Publication Date:1999-10-01
Editor:Kevin Mulroy

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Length:229 pages
Height:12.3 in
Width:9.3 in
Thickness:1.0 in
Weight:60.8 oz

Publisher's Note
The figure of Gary Cooper as the proud frontier sheriff striding down the street in the 1952 American Western High Noon is as much a symbol of dignity and courage in contemporary Poland as it is in the United States. In 1989, for Poland's first free election since the Communist takeover, the political party Solidarity dramatically and successfully used that image of Cooper on a campaign poster urging voters to respond to their country's own "high noon" -- their critical moment of decision. The Western motion picture, from its silent days on, exported an epic vision of America. William S. Hart, John Wayne, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, and Kirk Douglas became legendary heroes throughout the world, and especially in Poland. In postwar Poland, film poster artists employed the universally recognized symbols of the Western -- horse, six-shooter, boots, tin-star badge, Stetson, saddle -- to convey violence as a negative force. Unlike many other art forms, the film poster did not fall within the censor's domain because it was not expected to pose a threat to the social order. But messages were conveyed through subtle means of symbol and color. The Polish poster has been likened to the Trojan horse, with the artist smuggling messages onto the streets in the guise of ephemera.

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