Graphic design : a concise history / Richard Hollis.
By: Hollis, Richard.
Material type: BookSeries: World of art.Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1994Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0500202702.Subject(s): Graphic arts -- History | Commercial art -- HistoryDDC classification: 760.0904Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 760.0904 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00069883 | ||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and most important in the history of 20th-century visual culture. Created to inform, identify and promote, graphic design has evolved from its roots in the development of printing to become a profession and a discipline in its own right.
Bibliography: (pages 216-221) and index.
Introduction -- From graphic art to design 1890 to 1914 -- The Art Poster -- The beginnings of design in Europe -- War and Propaganda 1914 to the 1920s -- The Avant-Garde and the origins of Modernism 1914 to 1940 -- Futurism and Italy -- Soviet Russia -- Germany -- The Netherlands -- National Tendencies until 1940 -- Switzerland -- France -- Britain -- The designer and the Art Director -- The United States in the 1930s -- War and Propaganda 1920s to 1945 -- The United States 1945 to the 1960s -- Variants of Modernism in Europe -- Switzerland and Neue Graphik -- Italy and the Milanese Style -- France -- Northern Europe -- Psychedelia, Protest and New Techniques -- The late 1960s -- New Waves: Electronic Technology -- The 1970s and After.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 7)
- From Graphic Art to Design 1890 to 1914
- 1 The Art Poster (p. 11)
- Two-Dimensional Design and Graphic Reproduction
- Information Design Bauhaus Typography
- Photography and Sequence
- Printing Technique and Design
- Colour and Visual Clues
- Production and New Technology
- 2 The Beginnings of Design in Europe (p. 25)
- 3 War and Propaganda 1914 to the 1920s (p. 32)
- The Avant-Garde and the Origins of Modernism 1914 to 1940
- 4 Futurism and Italy (p. 37)
- 5 Soviet Russia (p. 44)
- 6 Germany (p. 52)
- 7 The Netherlands (p. 68)
- National Tendencies until 1940
- 8 Switzerland (p. 76)
- 9 France (p. 83)
- 10 Britain (p. 89)
- The Designer and the Art Director
- 11 The United States in the 1930s (p. 97)
- 12 War and Propaganda 1920s to 1945 (p. 104)
- 13 The United States 1945 to the 1960s (p. 112)
- Variants of Modernism in Europe
- 14 Switzerland and Neue Graphik (p. 130)
- 15 Italy and the Milanese Style (p. 138)
- 16 France (p. 147)
- 17 Northern Europe (p. 155)
- Psychedelia, Protest and New Techniques
- 18 The Late 1960s (p. 179)
- New Waves: Electronic Technology
- 19 The 1970s and 1980s (p. 186)
- 20 From 1990 to the New Millennium (p. 216)
- Bibliography and Sources (p. 224)
- Index (p. 229)