'Among all the publications about typography produced in the last few decades, Pioneers of Modern Typography can lay claim to being one of the most vital and influential.' Rick Poynor Modern typography does not have its origins in the conventional printing industry. Its roots are entwined with those of twentieth-century painting, poetry and architecture, and it flowered quite suddenly and dramatically in the twenty years following the publication of Marinetti's Futurist manifesto in 1909. Since its first publication in ...
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'Among all the publications about typography produced in the last few decades, Pioneers of Modern Typography can lay claim to being one of the most vital and influential.' Rick Poynor Modern typography does not have its origins in the conventional printing industry. Its roots are entwined with those of twentieth-century painting, poetry and architecture, and it flowered quite suddenly and dramatically in the twenty years following the publication of Marinetti's Futurist manifesto in 1909. Since its first publication in 1969, and subsequent reissue in a completely revised edition, Pioneers of Modern Typography has remained the standard guide to the impact of 20th-century avant-garde movements on graphic design and typography. It is re-published now with a new Foreword by Rick Poynor in celebration of its author, the late Herbert Spencer, who was Professor of Graphic Arts at the Royal College of Art. Herbert Spencer's text examines what led up to the new concepts in graphic design and carefully disentangles the respective influences of Futurism, Dadaism, de Stijl, Suprematism, Constructivism and the Bauhaus. His text is profusely illustrated with examples of crucial contributions to the new typography - from Apollinaire to Zwart - and the book's documentation includes biographical notes on the key figures.
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Add this copy of Pioneers of Modern Typography to cart. $152.00, very good condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Hastings House.
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Very Good in Very Good Minus jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Hard cover in dust jacket, yellow cloth., first few sheets have faint toning to upper margins, minor, not progressive. recurs very slightly to some later pages, you could missit. price-clipped dj has wear to spine-ends, corners, some edges. no names, writing, markings. no labels. no bumps. strong binding, hinges.; english text with primary material in the original languages. 159pp., illustrated throughout in color, b/w, with some variation in papers used. a beautiful book, a classic. focuses on the russians, dutch, and central european modern greats.
Add this copy of Pioneers of Modern Typography to cart. $175.00, like new condition, Sold by Plain Tales Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington Heights, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Hastings House / Visual Communication Books.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Folio-over 12-15" tall Fully illustrated. Clean, bright, and unmarked. Price-clipped dust jacket; minor wear to DJ extremities. A great copy of this scarce book.
