Title:
A history of graphic design
Author:
Meggs, Philip B.
ISBN:
9780442318956
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, ©1992.
Physical Description:
xv, 508 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Contents:
[Pt.] 1. The prologue to graphic design: the visual message from prehistory through the medieval era -- [pt.] 2. A graphic renaissance: the origins of European typography and design for printing -- [pt.] 3. The industrial revolution: the impact of industrial technology upon visual communication -- [pt.] 4. The modernist era: graphic design in the first half of the twentieth century -- [pt.] 5. The information age: graphic design in the global village.
Abstract:
Identifies and documents stages and innovations in the history of visual communications.
Subject Term:
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780442318956.pdf