The Dictionary Of Graphic Arts Terms
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| Author | : Gavin Ambrose |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2019-01-10 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 1350035270 |
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms used within graphic design and associated disciplines. Over 250 terms are explained and contextualized, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary graphic design. The dictionary covers traditional practice and process terms as well as modern terminology. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as Perfect binding, Deboss and Strikethrough, as well as movements and styles including Surrealism, Psychadelia and Postmodernism.
| Author | : Alan Livingston |
| Publisher | : Thames and Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012-09-11 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 9780500204139 |
“Covers everything from airbrush to Hermann Zapf.” —Communication Arts The interaction of words and images and the visual communication of ideas are an essential part of daily life, and these concepts are at the heart of graphic design. With over 200 new and updated entries, this indispensable book provides information about typographers, journals, movements and styles, organizations and schools, printers and private presses, art directors, technological advances, design studios, graphic illustrators, and poster artists from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. More than 550 illustrations, extensive cross-references, and a chronological chart outlining the relationship between movements, technology, and individual designers make this an invaluable reference for students and professionals alike.
| Author | : Ken Garland |
| Publisher | : New York : Design Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Michael Erlhoff |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2007-12-07 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 376438140X |
This dictionary provides a stimulating and categorical foundation for a serious international discourse on design. It is a handbook for everyone concerned with design in career or education, who is interested in it, enjoys it, and wishes to understand it. 110 authors from Japan, Austria, England, Germany, Australia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United States, and elsewhere have written original articles for this design dictionary. Their cultural differences provide perspectives for a shared understanding of central design categories and communicating about design. The volume includes both the terms in use in current discussions, some of which are still relatively new, as well as classics of design discourse. A practical book, both scholarly and ideal for browsing and reading at leisure.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1928 |
| Genre | : Book industries and trade |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Ralph Mayer |
| Publisher | : Collins Reference |
| Total Pages | : 480 |
| Release | : 1992-01-22 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 9780064610124 |
The HarperCollins Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, 2nd edition, contains over 3,200 clear definitions of terns encountered in the study and practice of the visual arts and in their literature. It covers all forms of easel and mural paintings, drawing, sculpture, the graphic arts, photography, ceramics, and mosaic. There are entries on schools, styles, and periods, but the chief emphasis of the book is on the materials and methods of the artist. Materials are defined in terms of compositions, source, use, and characteristic properties; processes and techniques are defined in terms of their practical application and results. Tools and equipment are concisely described and illustrated with copious line drawings.
| Author | : Edward Lucie-Smith |
| Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
What exactly is Neo-Expressionism? The part of a city known as the acropolis? Or the painting technique called gouache? In this authoritative and concise dictionary, more than 2000 entries and 375 illustrations embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts. The geographical spread is global; the chronological range takes in both Helladic art from Bronze Age Greece and holography, one of the newest means of expression provided by modern technology. 375 illus.
| Author | : Mark Wigan |
| Publisher | : AVA Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2009-06-18 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 2940373906 |
A revealing guide to the numerous terms associated with the art of illustration. The book has been designed for art students, aspiring and professional illustrators and all those interested in this constantly evolving discipline.--Publisher.
| Author | : Sean Adams |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2017-04-11 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 1683350022 |
A guide to the cultural, historical, and social meanings of twenty-seven colors, plus examples of successful usage of each as well as options for palette variations. The Designer’s Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at twenty-seven colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian—whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer’s Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.
| Author | : Gavin Ambrose |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2010-07-05 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 2940439818 |
The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press & Production is a concise and comprehensive introduction to the world of print and production. Containing textual and visual defintitions for over 250 pre-press and production terms, this book is an invaluable reference tool for all students and practitioners of graphic design, typography, illustration and visual communication subjects. From practical terms such as Accents, Bitmap and Color calibration, to styles and finishes such as Canadian and half-Canadian, Perfect Bound and TCF (Totally Chlorine Free), this book contains both modern terminology and the traditional terms still in current usage.
