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Meggs' history of graphic design / Philip B. Meggs, Alston W. Purvis.

By: Meggs, Philip B [author.].
Contributor(s): Purvis, Alston W, 1943- [author] | Meggs, Philip B. History of graphic design.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xi, 575 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780471699026 (cloth : alk. paper); 0471699020 (cloth : alk. paper).Other title: History of graphic design | Graphic design.Subject(s): Graphic design (Typography) -- History | Book design -- HistoryDDC classification: 686.2/2 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Part I. The prologue to graphic design -- 1. The invention of writing -- 2. Alphabets -- 3. The Asian contribution -- 4. Illuminated manuscripts -- Part II. A graphic renaissance -- 5. Printing comes to Europe -- 6. The German illustrated book -- 7. Renaissance graphic design -- 8. An epoch of typographic genius -- Part III. The bridge to the Twentieth Century -- 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 -- Part IV. the Modernist era -- 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 -- Part V. The Age of Information -- 18. The international typographic style -- 19. The New York School -- 20. Corporate identity and visual systems -- 21. The conceptual image -- 22. National visions within a global dialogue -- 23. Postmodern design -- 24. The digital revolution and beyond.
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Revised edition of: A history of graphic design, ©1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-551) and index.

Part I. The prologue to graphic design -- 1. The invention of writing -- 2. Alphabets -- 3. The Asian contribution -- 4. Illuminated manuscripts -- Part II. A graphic renaissance -- 5. Printing comes to Europe -- 6. The German illustrated book -- 7. Renaissance graphic design -- 8. An epoch of typographic genius -- Part III. The bridge to the Twentieth Century -- 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 -- Part IV. the Modernist era -- 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 -- Part V. The Age of Information -- 18. The international typographic style -- 19. The New York School -- 20. Corporate identity and visual systems -- 21. The conceptual image -- 22. National visions within a global dialogue -- 23. Postmodern design -- 24. The digital revolution and beyond.