TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heller,Steven
TI  - Deco Espana: graphic design of the twenties and thirties 
SN  - 0811812170 (pbk.) :
PY  - 1997///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Chronicle Books
KW  - Commercial art
KW  - Spain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Decoration and ornament
KW  - Art deco
N2  - Vibrant and emotional, Spanish Art Deco brings a unique twist to the style of this era. Neither classically refined like French Deco, nor streamlined like American, Spanish Deco shows the influences of its own distinctive culture. Here was a highly industrialized country on the cusp of the advertising age, bringing to commercial design its own sense of style and of the avant-garde. It was also a country in the throes of social strife, and Deco Espana reveals the power of graphic design used for political as well as commercial purposes - notably in the posters created in the tumultuous days of the Spanish Civil War, many of which are reproduced here for the first time
ER  -