Olympic visions
Subtitle: images of the games through history
By: Mike O'Mahony
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781861899101
Subjects: Olympics in art; Olympics; Collectibles; History
Description: Explores how painters and sculptors, photographers and filmmakers, and architects and designers have helped to affect the consciousness of Olympic spectators around the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Imaging the ancient Olympics; title: The birth of the modern Olympic games; title: A suitable activity for a woman?; title: Celluloid games; title: The Russians are coming!: the Olympics and the Cold War; title: Olympic transgressions: drugs, political protest, and terrorism; title: Promoting the games: publicity and the official Olympic poster; title: Designs on the Olympics: from stadia to sporting paraphernalia.