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Word & image : art, books and design : from the National Art Library / edited by Rowan Watson, Elizabeth James and Julius Bryant.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Art Library (Great Britain)--Catalogs.
- National Art Library (Great Britain).
- Illustration of books--England--London--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Illustration of books.
- Book design--History--Bibliography--Catalogs.
- Book design.
- Art libraries--England--London--Catalogs.
- Art libraries.
- Museum libraries--England--London--Catalogs.
- Museum libraries.
- History.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Bibliographies.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
- Other Title:
- Word and image
- Art, books and design from the National Art Library
- Place of Publication:
- London : V & A Publishing, 2015.
- Contents:
- Director's foreword
- A reader's foreword
- 'Word and image' : the evolution of the Victoria and Albert Museum's library / Julius Bryant
- The growth of the library collection, 1837-1909 / Rowan Watson
- Collecting the art and design of the book after 1909 / Elizabeth James
- Art, Books and Design from the National Art Library. Introduction ; 1. Resources for art and design education ; 2. Making images : the illustrator at work ; 3. Designers, aesthetes and the 'book beautiful' ; 4. The impact of photography ; 5. Promoting commercial art : the initiative of 1936 ; 6. The fashion archive ; 7. Modern artists and the book
- Timeline.
- Notes:
- Book available in 2014.
- Published to accompany the first international touring exhibition of treasures from the National Art Library. (Director's foreword)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781851778089
- 185177808X
- OCLC:
- 894641322
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