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Graphic design : a history / Stephen J. Eskilson.

By: Publication details: London : Laurence King, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781856698245 (pbk.) :
  • 1856698246 (pbk.) :
  • 9781856697620 (hbk.)
  • 1856697622 (hbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NC998 .E85 2012b
Contents:
Introduction: the origins of type and typography -- The nineteenth century: an expanding field -- Art nouveau: a new style for a new culture -- Sachplakat, the first World War, and Dada -- Modern art, modern graphic design -- Revolutions in design -- The Bauhaus and the new typography -- American modern and the second World War -- The triumph of the international style -- Postmodernism, the return of expression -- Contemporary graphic design.
Summary: The field of graphic design has grown significantly and this text makes an important critical contribution to the subject, taking into account new scholarship.

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-446) and index.

Introduction: the origins of type and typography -- The nineteenth century: an expanding field -- Art nouveau: a new style for a new culture -- Sachplakat, the first World War, and Dada -- Modern art, modern graphic design -- Revolutions in design -- The Bauhaus and the new typography -- American modern and the second World War -- The triumph of the international style -- Postmodernism, the return of expression -- Contemporary graphic design.

The field of graphic design has grown significantly and this text makes an important critical contribution to the subject, taking into account new scholarship.

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