Artefacts

Reference record. Beijing 2008, official poster.

Physical description

Caption (Chinese and English): "Beijing 2008. One World One Dream 2008.8.8-2008.8.24". Emblem of the Games and drawing from flying birds above a landscape.

Created

Created: Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)Created: Chunning GUO Created: Jie HE

Materials

paper

Colors

white, multi coloured

Dimension

84 x 57 cm

Literature

TIMMERS, Margaret. A Century of Olympic Posters. London : V&A Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978 1 85177 538 5. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2008. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2011. O'MAHONY, Mike. Olympic Visions : Images of the Games through History. London: Reaktion Books Ltd, 2012. The Treasures of the Olympic Games / texts by Martha Macintosh. London: Carlton Books, 2016. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques. Les affiches des Jeux Olympiques d'été d'Athènes 1896 à Tokyo 2020 . Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques, 2021 The Olympic Studies Centre. Olympic Summer Games Posters from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020. The Olympic Studies Centre, 2021

Type of item

Posters -> official Olympic Games poster

Reference number

140489

Keywords

Beijing 2008, Olympic Games Peace Olympic emblem bird