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Cartea poştală ilustrată – un promotor al culturii şi istoriei
Picture postcards – a promoter of culture and history

Author(s): Ionela Simona Mircea
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Altip
Keywords: cartofilie; postcard; picture card; collection; collectors

Summary/Abstract: Time, besides being maintained postcard as a messenger of the word, and turned it into a genuine antique document, setting in that piece of cardboard real life, submitting testimony to contemplate, study, analyze the past, for that undoubtedly any temporary conjuncturalul, postcard, in addition to other hardship, always interested in the image. Image author, photographer, painter, illustrator, or just the artist, still considered an act witnessed cultural reality shared with others. In a concise postcard tells us about events, people, cities, leaving an open window to the world history and culture.Museums currently have rich collections of postcards, many of them insufficiently historical, artistic, social, economic, etc. The present study is to be a case for historical research and help we can give cartofiliei unexpected rewards. For this, priority is some information on the postcard and the possibilities of evaluation, acquisition, collecting, recovery and promoting interdisciplinary postcards.Cartofilia modern plays an important role in visual memory restitution Community component of our identity as necessary to assess the present and shape the future through an appeal to the past. Cartofiliei field is not only a fascinating but especially handy. Are interesting both public and private collections of picture card. Beyond the aesthetic satisfaction, and financial information they provide, these collections have a pattern of role of personalities and characters. Cartofilia is therefore a financial investment, historical and tourist information, advertising and promotion, but an investment in training and human education.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 367-378
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English, Romanian