Forms in Modernism: The Unity of Typography, Architecture and the Design Arts 1920s-1970s
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0823056244 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Virginia Smith was a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York from 1986 to 2003. . While there, she developed the Graphic Design Department, writing all the courses for all levels from introductory to advanced
Elizabeth Smith Brownstein said An Absolutely Stunning Book. I was attracted first to the cover, which is exceptionally stylish and elegant. Then I was intrigued by the subtitle, The Unity of Typography, Architecture, & the Design Arts. This seemed to me to imply that the book would be of interest, not only to specialists in each of those fields, but to anyone interested in the aesthetics of one's surro. a fascinating history of visual forms Critical For anyone who is interested in comparative aesthetics, this book is an eye-opener. Showing and illustrating esthetic connections between typefaces and various designed objects, from architecture to clothing, the author points out developments and correlations in multiple areas of twentieth-century design. Typography is not an art in itself bu. excellent text Very useful and informative. Provides an excellent overview of the development of modernism in typography, architecture and the design arts and very effectively "identifies shared actions on form - including stripping, fragmenting , compressing, elongating, and more". I've found it a very useful text to refer some of my students to (English as
. Virginia Smith was a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York from 1986 to 2003. While there, she developed the Graphic Design Department, writing all the courses for all levels from introductory to advanced
The main focus is on architecture, but the book also looks at fashion, furniture, and common artifacts. What do typefaces and buildings have in common? A great deal, according to typographic design expert, and former university professor, Virginia Smith. All of her examples appeared in the first half of the 20th Century, and lasted from early European modernism up through the American mid-century and the International Style. FORMS IN MODERNISM identifies some of these similarities - including striping, skewing, stretching, compressing, and elongating - across media. Smith believes that typography is the unifying discipline through which we can understand, analyze, and compare form in a wide range of visual media. More than just a book designed to prove a thesis, FORMS IN MODERNISM provides an interesting visual journey through the styles of the first half of the last century.. This visually delightful book sets out to prove that point, by studying forms - shapes and their varieties and permutations - in all of the other design arts. Smith believes that there is a "visual landscape" of periods in design, where all of the visua