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Captivating advertising is an art in itself – something we mastered for decades. Inspired by our legacy, we created these fictional ads for a destination. Can you guess where our journey will take us?
#Lufthansa #ArtofFlying #ArtofAdvertising
Bank Holiday Monday (30 August) info for visitors:
- The Old Bodleian will be open as usual for tours
- The Weston Library will be open for you to enjoy our free #RootsToSeeds and #ArtOfAdvertising exhibitions and gravestone geology display
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A friendly reminder that this week is your last chance to see our wonderful #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition!
Whether grabbing attention, or reflecting social change, drop by Weston Library to enjoy British ads from the mid-18th century to the 1930s.
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William Caxton’s small advertisement for his own 'Sarum Pie', a handbook for priests, is arguably both the first printed ad and the first printed poster in English. (c.1477)
‘Supplico stet cedula’ = 'please leave this notice in place'.
#ArtOfAdvertising
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Put those coffee pods away, George Clooney, and drop by our #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition to learn more - free entry at Oxford's Weston Library until 30 August.
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Our on-site gift shop will be closed all day tomorrow (Thursday).
In it's place, you'll see a pop-up shop in Blackwell Hall, with items from our #RootsToSeeds and #ArtOfAdvertising exhibitions, and Bod souvenirs.
A great reason to linger, if it's raining!
Recognize the Oxford location?
Harvey Brothers occupied the site on Cornmarket/Ship St from 1890-1914. The somewhat fanciful upper image on this 19th c. paper bag also shows them with Oxford's Bocardo Prison - demolished in 1771!
#ArtOfAdvertising
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The British class structure often underpins advertising.
But poverty is rarely portrayed as starkly for commercial purposes as it is here, exploiting the association of cocoa with the temperance movement. (c. 1884)
#WorldChocolateDay
#ArtOfAdvertising
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The #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition runs until 30 August, so this term is your last chance to catch it. Explore the themes with our resources and have a go at the online quiz:
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#Media #BusinessStudies #Art
During WWI, historian Andrew Clark (1866–1922) began a project on how the war was changing language.
In 'The Rib of Life' (1915), Michelin illustrates the modernity of a motor-powered ‘field ambulance’ rather than a ‘horse ambulance’.
#ArtOfAdvertising
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Britain’s first ‘artistic’ commercial poster, Dudley Hardy’s ‘yellow girl’ for To-day magazine, burst onto the streets of London in 1893.
With this poster, Hardy created an English school of commercial art.
#ArtOfAdvertising
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Visiting our exhibitions Friday 11 June?
Due to a routine inspection in a few rooms:
- #ArtOfAdvertising will open midday
- #RootsToSeeds will open 10am or slightly after
Everything else - #HelenMuspratt exhibition, tours, café, shop - will welcome you from 10am as usual!
Free online lecture:
Writing a war of words: Andrew Clark and the language of WWI
Tuesday 1 June
1–2pm BST
Join Lynda Mugglestone, Prof. of the History of English (Oxford University) and co-curator of our #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition.
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Can you find his mother? It took us a minute or so!
Our free #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition is running in the Treasury (Weston Library) until August.
Drop by to discover more historical marketing tricks and techniques!
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The #ARTofMAKING
The #ARTofLEGO
The #ARTofPLAY
The #ARTofADVERTISING
The #ARTofTHESETIMES
How #ARTconnects
Join us at our #Coventry21 Festival 26-28 Feb to #InspiraNation21
For #BodUnlocked today, how about some mindful colouring?
Here's a 1920 Hoover court card (which we've made black and white) incorporating a vacuum cleaner!
See the colourful original in our free, online #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition
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That's a wrap on our #BodSocialTakeover today. We hope you enjoyed it!
Do come check us out at @bodleianhcl
Inspired by the Bodleian's #ArtofAdvertising exhibition we leave you with some prints from the walls of the BHCL Cairns Library.
"👉Ask for MASON'S and take no other"
This is great: our esteemed Gardens, Libraries & Museums volunteers recreated the promotional image from our #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition!
Check out the original image in our online exhibition - or see the real thing for free at the Weston Library!
https://t.co/Cbezt34nV5
Advertising is Good for You!
Drop into our free #ArtOfAdvertising exhibition at the Weston Library.
From shaving babies to magnetic corsets (the 'very thing' for ladies), discover the clever techniques behind nearly 100 years of marketing.
https://t.co/Cbezt34nV5
#OpeningUpOx
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