Editor: Massin
Publisher: Studio Vista, London
Publication: 1970, First Edition
Binding: Hardcover, section sewn
Pages: 286
Size: 220 x 280
Text: English
ISBN: 0289797861
(Preface) 'This original and exciting anthology by Massin, a leading French graphic designer, can be regarded as a kind of provisional inventory of the means of communication man has had at his disposal. LETTER AND IMAGE deals with the evolution of both visual and printed forms, from the image/sign inscribed on the walls of prehistoric caves, to the birth of handwriting and to the invention of printing. We are undergoing revolutionary changes in the way in which we use, or are made to use, our powers of perception - a visual revolution, says Massin, as important as that of the Renaissance. While one cannot accurately predict the way of thinking and self-expression which will govern communications between men in twenty years' time, certain trends are becoming apparent in this age of computers, TV, and plastics.
Massin here takes stock of what has gone before, offering us what can best be described as a balance sheet of the first few centuries of printing; he examines the printed message conveyed through media as diverse as illuminated manuscripts, billboards, paintings and mystical symbols. 'Living' alphabets are closely examined while the text includes an important and fascinating chapter on calligrams, which illustrate their authors' desire to weld the word and image into a unique expression where the eye collaborates with the word, the hand with the thought...'
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing and tanning to dust jacket. Section of pages to centre of book slightly loose from binding.
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