Blacklight

The story of graphic design : from the invention of writing to the birth of digital design /

Title:
The story of graphic design : from the invention of writing to the birth of digital design /
Author:
Cramsie, Patrick.
Published:
New York : 2010.
Format:
Book
Institution:
Emerson College, Emmanuel College, Lesley Moriarty
Contents:
Introduction : graphic design & style -- Design and sign : the origin of the alphabet, c.34,000-1,100 BC -- A classical education : Ancient Greece & Rome, c. 2000BC-c.AD350 -- Spreading the word : illuminated manuscripts, c.350-c.1500 -- The black art : the birth of painting & early German printing, c.1455-c.1530 -- Back to the future : Renaissance Italy & France, c.1460-c.1600 -- Popular publishing : Dutch Renaissance & popular prints, c.1530-c.1700 -- Purity in print : Rococo, transitional & modern, c.1700-c.1820 -- The tools of trade : display types & Victorian design, c.1800-c.1880 -- Manufacturing the Middle Ages : Neo-Gothic & the arts and crafts, c.1840-c.1910 -- The style of the street : Art Nouveau, c.1880-c.1914 -- The simple art of war : Sachplakat & First World War graphics, c.1880-c.1920 -- The isms of art : Futurism, Dada, De Stijl & Constructivism, c. 1900-c.1930 -- Form and function : Bauhaus & the new typography, c.1919-c.1933 -- The weight of tradition : traditional typography, c.1910-c.1947 -- Good design is good business : commercial Modernism, c.1920-c.1960 -- Systems and signs : Swiss typography, c.1945-c.1972 -- Handmade and homespun : illustrated Modernism & Psychedelia, c.1950-c.1970 -- Tearing it up : punk, c.1975-c.1985 -- Less is a bore : New Wave & Postmodernism, c.1970-c.1990 -- Printing with pixels : digital Expressionism & postscript, the digital future, c.1984-.
Online access:
No online access
Library holdings:
Emerson Main Stacks
NC998 .C72 2010 – Available
Emmanuel Main Stacks
NC998 .C72 2010 – Available
Lesley-Moriarty Library Stacks
NC998 .C72 2010 – Available