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Retro graphics : a visual sourcebook to 100 years of graphic design / by Jonathan Raimes and Lakshmi Bhaskaran.
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- ISBN: 0811855082 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 9780811855082 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 175 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, c2007.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Graphic arts > History > 20th century > Themes, motives. |
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Retro Graphics : A Visual Sourcebook to 100 Years of Graphic Design
Retro Graphics makes it easy for DIY designers to mimic the most prominent styles of the past hundred years. A plethora of authentic design modelsfrom Art Deco and Gothic Revival to Pop Art and Post Modernismare presented and broken down into their component parts in this handy sourcebook. These entries include step-by-step techniques, color palettes, typefaces, illustration styles, and ornamentation to help anyone create the look of such diverse materials as Victorian advertisements and pulp fiction book jackets. History can't be revived, but it can be simulated with this richly illustrated and meticulously researched visual encyclopedia.
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