Graphic designers, typophiles, and students of the Modern Movement will welcome the reissue of this important source book. Since it was first published in 1969, it has served as the standard guide to the impact of twentieth century avant-garde movements on graphic design and typography. This revised edition has a more compact format and incorporates new materials and illustrations.  Spencer's substantial introduction examines the origins and artifacts of the revolution in graphic design and carefully disentangles the respective influences of Futurism, Dadaism, De Stijl, Suprematism, Constructivism, and the Bauhaus. Spencer traces the interactions of the key personalities associated with these movements and presents concise biographical sketches of them.  An album of color reproductions displays characteristic examples of the most important innovators' work, representing such genres as posters, magazine covers, letterheads, advertisements, and poems.  Herbert Spencer is Professor of Graphic Arts at the Royal College of Art, London.

Pioneers of modern typography

Arts & Photography

Herbert, Spencer

Graphic Design

Ben Uri Gallery & Museum

Vincent Van Gogh Drawings: Sketchbooks and Appendices

Van Heugten, Sjraar

Individual Artists

Mary Watts (1849-1938), Symbolist craftswoman, socialist and pioneer of Liberty's Celtic style, created one of the most remarkable Art Nouveau buildings in Britain: the Watts Chapel in Compton, Surrey. This book accompanies the first exhibition of her work, which celebrates the centenary of the building of the Chapel.Mary Watts was the second wife of Symbolist painter G.F. Watts, and theirs was a productive artistic partnership. On her marriage to Watts, Mary abandoned portrait-painting and began to design symbolic bas-relief decoration for their homes. The intricate exterior of the Chapel aroused such interest that before starting work on the interior she established a professional Arts and Crafts community at Compton and Aldourie, her Highland home, taking on apprentices to produce Celtic-style terracotta sundials and memorials. The Compton Potters' Arts Guild went on to make terracotta garden ornaments for clients such as Gertrude Jekyll, and architectural enrichments for Edwin Lutyens, Clough Williams Ellis and Goodhard Rendel.This fascinating book documents the life and work of Mary Watts and places her designs in the wider context of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Mary Seton Watts (1849-1938): Unsung Heroine of the Art Nouveau

History

<p>Over 35 years, alongside his paintings and prints, Francisco Goya expressed his creative genius in eight albums of drawings. Split up after his death, their pages scattered across various collections, the albums remain little known. This book reunites over 100 of the drawings.</p>

Goya: Drawings from His Private Albums

Bareau, Juliet Wilson

Wilson-Bareau, Juliet

The Story of de Stijl: Mondrian to Van Doesburg. Hans Janssen and Michael White

Janssen, Hans

History & Criticism

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