UID:
kobvindex_INT0001593
Umfang:
431 pages
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richly illustrated (chiefly colour)
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29 x 25 cm
ISBN:
9782080305237
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2080305239
Originaltitel:
Graphisme, typographie, histoire
Inhalt:
"This chronological study traces the evolution of graphic form, from Antiquity through the Middle Ages and up through the age of technology. Each period is explained in detail, from Classical craftsmanship to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution and the modern-day potential of the digital world. As computers now play an integral role in academic and professional environments, virtually everyone makes font choices on a regular basis, rendering typography more relevant than ever before. This thorough, scholarly, and visually-appealing volume combines the history of the letter form--from the invention of printing to the relationship between graphics and totalitarian regimes--with intricate analysis of graphic design and typography, all supported by 850 images with extensive notes and a bibliography. This is an indispensable handbook for understanding our daily visual environment, and essential reading for all graphic arts professionals."
Anmerkung:
Foreword by Ellen Lupton -- Foreword to the French edition by Serge Lemoine -- Introduction -- PART 1. FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERN TIMES: Archaic signs, figures, and writing -- The middle ages: graphic design as cottage industry -- Techniques and materials: paper, printing, and composition -- The Renaissance: fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- The passage from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries -- The Neoclassical period -- Notes -- PART 2. THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY: Decisive changes -- A revival in the arts and graphics -- Affirmations of modernity -- Notes -- PART 3. THE FIRST THIRD OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: The avant-garde floodtide -- World War I -- Continuation and reconstruction in the avant-garde -- Notes -- PART 4. FROM THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM TO WORLD WAR II: Totalitarianism: the avant-garde exile and survival -- World War II -- Notes -- PART 5. POSTWAR ECONOMIC BOOM: Characteristics and horizons -- Creativity and trends country by country -- Professionalism and expansion -- Notes -- PART 6. THE FINAL DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: Pre-digital graphic design: context and overview -- Experimentation in the 1970s -- The advent of digital design -- Widespread freedom -- Notes -- Index -- Bibliography
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LANGUAGE NOTE: translation from the French language edition: Graphisme, typographie, histoire. Paris : Flammarion, 2005
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Handbooks and manuals
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