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Meggs' history of graphic design /
by Meggs, Philip B.
Authors: Purvis, Alston W.,%1943-%author. | %Meggs, Philip B.%History of graphic design. Published by : Wiley, (Hoboken, N.J :) Physical details: x, 680 p. : ill. (chiefly col), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm. ISBN: 1118772059 Subject(s): Graphic design (Typography) %History. | Book design %History. | History. Year: 2016| Item type | Location | Call Number | Status | Notes | Date Due |
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AUM Main Library | 686.2209 M497 (Browse Shelf) | Available | 20170201 |
Revised edition of: A history of graphic design. ©1998.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 623-655) and index.
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.
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