The matter of meaning, for painter and viewer alike, is crucial to this book, a deeply felt and richly considered attempt to come to terms with one of the most challenging artists of our day. An illuminating look at an enigmatic painter, Figuring Jasper Johns also provides a way of approaching American art of the 1950s and 1960s. Fred Orton's reading of John's oeuvre focuses on three key works - Untitled (1972), Flag (1954-55), and Painted Bronze (1960). Adroitly combining formal theoretical ana...
Creative Journey
"Transport Design" is the first design history to investigate the experience of travel, analysing the vehicle from the passengers' and drivers' points of view. Gregory Votolato takes us inside a wide range of vehicles, from buses and limousines to dugout canoes and 'superferries', to aircraft such as the Graf Zeppelin and the Apollo spacecraft. Organised in three parts air, land and sea "Transport Design" shows how the design of a vehicle shapes our experience of the journey, from home to work,...
SCAN ME (SCAN ME, #2)
Design for Construction
"Britain Deserves Better"; "New Labour, New Danger"; "Labour isn't Working": election posters are the most direct form of political appeal. Posters have also been an ever-present feature of all general elections fought since the beginning of the 20th century and remain an important aspect of modern campaigning. This book contains over 500 full colour illustrations, gathering together hundreds of posters since the beginning of the 20th century. Brought together for the first time, these posters c...
Petrie 66 (Petrie, #3)
Offers a history / documentary of the posters and billboards produced by the Vietnamese, from the time of Ho Chi Minh's first struggles against the French, through the Vietnam War days, then the Doi Moi ('perestroika') right up to the campaigns of the present day. This is an important book that offers a fascinating history / documentary of the posters and billboards produced by the Vietnamese, from the time of Ho Chi Minh's first struggles against the French, through the Vietnam War days, then t...
Annual of the Advertising Creative Circle