My Account Log in

2 options

Meggs' history of graphic design / Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis.

Online

Available online

View online
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection Z246 .M43 2016
Loading location information...

Available This item is available for access.

Log in to request item
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Meggs, Philip B., author.
Purvis, Alston W., 1943- author.
Contributor:
Meggs, Philip B.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Graphic design (Typography)--History.
Graphic design (Typography).
History.
Book design--History.
Book design.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 680 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm
Edition:
Sixth edition.
Other Title:
History of graphic design
Place of Publication:
Hoboken : Wiley, [2016]
Contents:
1. The invention of writing
2. Alphabets
3. The Asian contribution
4. Illuminated manuscripts
5. Printing comes to Europe
6. The German illustrated book
7. Renaissance graphic design
8. An epoch of typographic genius
9. Graphic design and the industrial revolution
10. The arts and crafts movement and its heritage
11. Art nouveau
12. The genesis of twentieth-century design
13. The influence of modern art
14. Pictorial modernism
15. A new language of form
16. The Bauhaus and the new typography
17. The modern movement in America
18. The international typographic style
19. The New York school
20. Corporate identity and visual systems
21. The conceptual image
22. Postmodern design
23. National visions within a global dialogue
24. The digital revolution and beyond.
Notes:
Revised edition of: A history of graphic design. ©1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-655) and index.
ISBN:
9781118772058
1118772059
OCLC:
949812465

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.

My Account

Shelf Request an item Bookmarks Fines and fees Settings

Guides

Using the Library Catalog Using Articles+ Library Account