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Časopis jako dokument doby. Proměna grafického zpracování obálky časopisu Host do domu (1954-1970)

Title in English Periodicals as Testimony to an Era. The Changing Graphic Design of the Cover of Host do domu (1954–1970)
Authors

SVOBODOVÁ Barbora

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Opuscula historiae atrium
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Web Digitální knihovna FF MU
Field Mass media, audiovision
Keywords Host do domu (A Guest in the House); graphic design; magazine cover; visual culture 50s and 60s; literary magazines
Description The study focuses on the graphic design of the covers created for the legendary periodical Host do domu (A Guest in the House; 1954–1970). In periodical publications, the cover is regarded as a specific component whose function is to initiate communication with a reader and to visually articulate the general character of the periodical. It is studied as a specific graphic work, one that both originates and functions within the context of a certain time and social conditions.
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