| Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Judging the book -- A union of function and form: the evolution of the book jacket in America -- Americanizing utopia: progressive design in American hands -- Modernism and beyond: historical foundations for constructing the future -- The bland breeding the bland: American book cover design disoriented -- The pillaged, parodied, and profound: postmodernism and the book cover -- Redefine and redesign: making postmodernism work |
| Summary |
"By Its Cover traces the story of the American book cover from its inception as a means of utilitarian protection for the book to its current status as an elaborately produced form of communication art. It is, at once, the intertwined story of American graphic design and American literature, and features the work of such legendary figures as Rockwell Kent, E. McKnight Kauffer, Paul Rand, Alvin Lustig, Rudy de Harak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff & Geismar, Carin Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall, who designed the cover you're holding in your hands."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-181) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Book covers -- United States -- History
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Book covers.
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Boekomslagen.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sternberger, Paul Spencer, 1966-
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| LC no. |
2005299980 |
| ISBN |
9781568986333 |
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1568986335 |
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1568984979 |
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9781568984971 |
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