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Graphic design : a history / Stephen J. Eskilson.

By: Eskilson, Stephen, 1964-.
Publisher: London : Laurence King, 2012Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 464 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9781856698245 (pbk.) :; 1856698246 (pbk.) :; 9781856697620 (hbk.); 1856697622 (hbk.).Subject(s): Graphic arts -- History | Commercial art -- History | Commercial art | Graphic artsGenre/Form: History.
Contents:
Introduction: the origins of type and typography -- The nineteenth century: an expanding field -- Art nouveau: a new style for a new culture -- Sachplakat, the first World War, and Dada -- Modern art, modern graphic design -- Revolutions in design -- The Bauhaus and the new typography -- American modern and the second World War -- The triumph of the international style -- Postmodernism, the return of expression -- Contemporary graphic design.
Summary: The field of graphic design has grown significantly and this text makes an important critical contribution to the subject, taking into account new scholarship.

Previous ed.: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-446) and index.

Introduction: the origins of type and typography -- The nineteenth century: an expanding field -- Art nouveau: a new style for a new culture -- Sachplakat, the first World War, and Dada -- Modern art, modern graphic design -- Revolutions in design -- The Bauhaus and the new typography -- American modern and the second World War -- The triumph of the international style -- Postmodernism, the return of expression -- Contemporary graphic design.

The field of graphic design has grown significantly and this text makes an important critical contribution to the subject, taking into account new scholarship.

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