An edition of Aesthetic tracts
(2015)
Aesthetic tracts
innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design
First edition.
by Ellen Mazur Thomson
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"A study of how new theories of design in the late 19th century, including the introduction of Japanese artistic principles, new printing technology, the emergence of the consumer society, transformation in the publishing industry, and the influence of international expositions worked to change the idea of the book at the fin-de-siecle. Contains 16 color plates and 50 black-and-white illustrations, an appendix, notes and index"--
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England, Book industries and trade, Modern Aesthetics, Illustrated books, Book covers, France, United States, Book design, HistoryTimes
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Aesthetic tracts: innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design
2015, Oak Knoll Press
in English
- First edition.
1584563362 9781584563365
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Table of Contents
Preface: "Aesthetic tracts"
Consequences of abundance
Book covers : a search for design principles
Japonisme in Sarah Wyman Whitman's book covers
A story told with pictures : Histoire des quatre fils Aymon
The text and the image : conflict and compatibility
The writer as book designer
Privileging the text : the writer and the reader
Changes in the lesson of things
Appendix: Gillotage.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index.
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