A History of Graphic Design, 2nd Edition
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Here is the first definitive history of graphic communication. More than a thousand vivid illustrations chronicle our fascinating and unceasing quest to give visual form to ideas.
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Partial table of contents:
THE PROLOGUE TO GRAPHIC DESIGN: THE VISUAL MESSAGE FROM PREHISTORY THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL ERA.
The Invention of Writing.
The Asian Contribution.
The Medieval Manuscript.
A GRAPHIC RENAISSANCE: THE ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN FOR PRINTING.
The German Illustrated Book.
An Epoch of Typographic Genius.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY UPON VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS.
Photography, the New Communications Tool.
Art Nouveau.
THE MODERNIST ERA: GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
The Influence of Modern Art.
A New Language of Form.
THE INFORMATION AGE: GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE.
The New York School.
The Conceptual Image.
Epilogue.
Selected Bibliography.
Picture Credits.
Index.
