Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Meggs, Philip B.

Publication

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley & Sons, c2006.

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Additional Authors

Purvis, Alston W., 1943-

Description

xi, 575 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"Under the new authorial leadership of Alston W. Purvis, Meggs' History of Graphic Design, Fourth Edition offers hundreds of full-color images supported by the latest information, including a new chapter on modern type design. With more than 1,000 illustrations, lucid text, and interpretive captions, this Fourth Edition reveals as saga of creative innovators, breakthrough technologies, and important design innovations."--Jacket.

Subject

• Graphic design (Typography) > History
• Book design > History

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: A history of graphic design. c1998.

Bibliography (note)

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

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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 -- 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.

ISBN

• 0471699020 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780471699026

LCCN

^^2005008604

OCLC

58829979

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library