Editor: Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publication: 1995, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 144
Size: 255 x 245
Text: English
ISBN: 0811803961
(Preface) 'At once seductive, informative, and ephemeral, a book jacket is designed to evoke- and promote-the contents of a book. During the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, book jackets emerged as one of America's most vital graphic media, showcasing the talent of America's most exciting illustrators and designers. JACKETS REQUIRED: An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design, 1920-1950 features a striking array of book jackets created for a wide range of subjects and formats, including novels, humor books, romances, mysteries, biographies, and history books, among others.
The evolution of the book jacket during this period coincided with the Art Deco era and the commercialization of modern art as a universal graphic style. Book jacket artists were inspired by the European art movements-futurism, Bauhaus, de Stijl, and constructivism-as well as by artifacts garnered from antiquity. Typography and hand lettering styles were eclectic and varied. JACKETS REQUIRED reveals how book jacket styles evolved in response to each period's aesthetics.
Vividly illustrated and wonderfully informative, JACKETS REQUIRED includes a fabulous collection of book jackets that exemplify this distinctive American art form. An essential resource for graphic artists and students of design, as well as for cultural historians, this comprehensive volume will make a welcome addition to the design bookshelf.'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover/edges, crease to top right corner. Fading to spine/cover.
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