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The unrivaled, comprehensive reference tool for graphic designers & students that was heralded as a publishing landmark.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meggs, Philip B. (Author), Purvis, Alston W., 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, [2016]
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Graphic design (Typography) > History.
Book design > History.
Book design.
Graphic design (Typography)
DESIGN / Graphic Arts.
Technology.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of 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.