By Its Cover

Modern American Book Cover Design

Ned Drew, Paul Sternberger

176 pages, parution le 01/09/2005

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Résumé

We all know we're not supposed to judge books by their covers, but the truth is that we do just that nearly every time we walk into a bookstore or pull a book off a tightly packed shelf. It's really not something we should be ashamed about, for it reinforces something we sincerely believe: design matters. At its best, book cover design is an art that transcends the publisher's commercial imperatives to reflect both an author's ideas and contemporary cultural values in a vital, intelligent, and beautiful way.

In this groundbreaking and lavishly illustrated history, authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger establish American book cover design as a tradition of sophisticated, visual excellence that has put shape to our literary landscape.

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 deHarak, and Roy Kuhlman along with more recent and contemporary innovators including Push Pin Studios, Chermayeff - Geismar, Karen Goldberg, Chip Kidd, and John Gall.

L'auteur - Ned Drew

Ned Drew teaches graphic design history at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

L'auteur - Paul Sternberger

Paul Sternberger teaches graphic design history at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Sommaire

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

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Éditeur(s)	Princeton Architectural Press
Auteur(s)	Ned Drew, Paul Sternberger
Parution	01/09/2005
Nb. de pages	176
Format	22 x 28
Couverture	Broché
Poids	865g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781568984971
ISBN13	978-1-56898-497-1