The Book of Books: 500 Years of Graphic Innovation - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0500515913 ISBN 13: 9780500515914

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2012

Riassunto

Since the fifteenth century, the printed book has been an essential carrier of information. And, for more than five hundred years, there have been designers, printers, and publishers who have extended the boundaries of their professions aesthetically and technically, producing books that are masterpieces of graphic art.This sumptuous collection tells the history of the printed book through milestone publications and little-known treasures of the art of the book. The noted originators range from Jenson and Bellaert in the fifteenth century through Piranesi, Bodoni, and Bewick to Morris, Gill, Tschichold, and Birdsall in the modern age. The featured publications include The Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493—a masterpiece of integrated text and illustration; Maria Sibylla Merian’s book of insects from 1719; Muybridge’s 1887 Animal Locomotion; a photomontage book by John Heartfield published in 1929; and a 1937 edition of The Frogs by Aristophanes, produced by the Limited Editions Club of New York.

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A bibliophile's dream ... an informative overview. --Creative Review

Immaculate photographs and printed texts - most of them open to full spread - beckon the reader to consider each work as physical artifact, as graphic construction, and as fully viewable content. --Eye Magazine

A truly splendid documentation and illustration of graphic design history ... Really recommended. --DesignIsFine.org

Glorious reproductions. --Publishers Weekly

Immaculate photographs and printed texts - most of them open to full spread - beckon the reader to consider each
work as physical artifact, as graphic construction, and as fully viewable content. --Eye Magazine

Glorious reproductions --Publishers Weekly

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The book has been the number one information carrier for many centuries; even in the digital age, books continue to sell and continue to be objects of desire. The Book of Books describes and, above all, demonstrates the visual history of the printed book, with graphic milestones and other surprising finds drawn from the University of Amsterdams Special Collections Library, one of the greatest libraries in the world. It is a superbly illustrated celebration of those printers, publishers and graphic designers who have extended the boundaries of their profession both aesthetically and technically, always to stunning effect.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500515913
• ISBN 13: 9780500515914
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 463
• Redattore: Lommen Mathieu