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Italian art deco : graphic design between the wars / by Steven Heller and Louise Fili.
Fine Arts Library NC998.6.I8 H46 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commercial art--Italy.
- Commercial art.
- Decoration and ornament--Italy--Art deco.
- Decoration and ornament.
- Graphic arts--Italy.
- Graphic arts.
- Art deco.
- Italy.
- Physical Description:
- 132 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 x 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, [1993]
- Summary:
- A sophisticated addition to Chronicle Books' popular design library, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a unique survey of Italian commercial graphic design during a period of both creative artistic vitality and extreme political turmoil. The first English-language book to showcase the bold typography and streamlined imagery of modern Italian design motifs on comercial products of the day, this fascinating and important resource for designers, history buffs, and collectors includes a discussion of the Futurist influence on the Italian Art Deco style and the success of such individualized expression despite a ruthless Fascist regime.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0811802876
- OCLC:
- 26852922
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