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.

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