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Deco españa : graphic design of the twenties and thirties / Steven Heller & Louise Fili.
LIBRA Special NC998.6.S7 H45 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, Steven.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commercial art--Spain--History--20th century.
- Commercial art.
- Decoration and ornament--Spain--Art deco.
- Decoration and ornament.
- Decoration and ornament--Art deco.
- Art deco.
- History.
- Spain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 132 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1997]
- Summary:
- Vibrant and emotional, Spanish Art Deco brings a unique twist to the style of this era. Neither classically refined like French Deco, nor streamlined like American, Spanish Deco shows the influences of its own distinctive culture. Here was a highly industrialized country on the cusp of the advertising age, bringing to commercial design its own sense of style and of the avant-garde. It was also a country in the throes of social strife, and Deco Espana reveals the power of graphic design used for political as well as commercial purposes - notably in the posters created in the tumultuous days of the Spanish Civil War, many of which are reproduced here for the first time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 132).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heller, Steven. Deco españa.
- ISBN:
- 0811812170
- 9780811812177
- OCLC:
- 36589921
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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