Meggs' history of graphic design.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.Edition: 4th ed. / Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. PurvisDescription: xi, 575 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780471699026:
- 0471699020
- History of graphic design
- 686.22
- .M43 2006
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Rev. ed. of: A history of graphic design. c1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 533-551) and index.
Part One The Prologue to Graphic Design: -- The visual message from prehistory through the medieval era -- The Invention of Writing -- Alphabets -- The Asian Contribution -- Illuminated Manuscripts
Part Two A Graphic Renaissance: The origins of European typography and design for printing -- Printing Comes to Europe -- The German Illustrated Book -- Renaissance Graphic Design -- An Epoch of Typographic Genius
Part Three The Bridge to the Twentieth Century The Industrial Revolution: The impact of industrial technology upon visual communications -- Graphic Design and the Industrial Revolution -- The Arts and Crafts Movement and its Heritage -- Art Nouveau -- The Genesis of Twentieth -Century Design
Part Four The Modernist Era: Graphic design in the first half of the twentieth century -- The Influence of Modern Art -- Pictorial Modernism -- A New Language of Form -- The Bauhaus and the New Typography -- The Modern Movement in America
Part Five The Age of information: Graphic design in the global village -- The International Typographic Style -- The New York School -- Corporate Identity and Visual Systems -- The Conceptual Image -- National Visions within a Global Dialogue -- Postmodern Design -- The Digital Revolution and Beyond.
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