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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Jury, David
Titre(s) : Graphic design before graphic designers [Texte imprimé] : the printer as designer and craftsman 1700-1914 / David Jury
Publication : New York, N.Y. : Thames 愞dson, 2012
Description matérielle : 312 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm
Comprend : Alternative functions of the black art ; Celebrating the challenge of change ; Mechanization
and international ambition ; Artistic aspirations for mass communication ; The rise
of advertising and design ; Printing at the service of design.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Publisher description: Although the term was not coined until the 1920s, graphic design
existed long before there were any graphic designers. This lavish volume is a vibrant
mix of beautifully crafted printed ephemera from the past. It is a visual journey
through the pre-history of graphic design, charting the printer's progress from jobbing
tradesman to the heights and hallowed status of artistic printer. Showcasing work
from a host of anonymous talents whose names are lost to history as well as seminal,
pioneering typographers, artists and printers such as Giambattista Bodoni, William
Morris and Oscar Harpel, it reveals how those working on both sides of the Atlantic
responded to everyday communication issues with original solutions and breathtaking
flair and skill. The extraordinarily diverse results - the precursor of what we now
call graphic design - are a celebratory cultural feast of the jobbing printer's contribution
to visual culture and heritage
Sujet(s) : Arts graphiques -- Histoire
Caractères d'imprimerie -- Histoire
Typographie -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780500516461. - ISBN 0500516464
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb427224766
Notice n° :
FRBNF42722476
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
