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A comprehensive, illustrated history of the development of graphic styles in the West, from the origins of the alphabet itself, through to the invention of printing, and the recent impact of digital technological change. Features 150 colour and 1150 b/w illustrations, and covers 5500 years of cultural history.
Synopsis
A comprehensive illustrated history of the development of graphic styles in the West, from the origins of the alphabet itself, through the invention of printing in the Renaissance, and the subsequent major styles (with emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries), to the impact of digital technology on design.
