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Meggs' history of graphic design / Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection Z246 .M43 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meggs, Philip B., author.
- Purvis, Alston W., 1943- author.
- 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
- Online:
- Publisher description
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