Italian art deco
Subtitle: graphic design between the wars
By: Steven Heller & Louise Fili.
Contributors: Fili, Louise.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Commercial art -- Italy; Decoration and ornament -- Italy -- Art deco; Graphic arts -- Italy
Description: A sophisticated addition to Chronicle Books' popular design library, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a unique survey of Italian commercial graphic design during a period of both creative artistic vitality and extreme political turmoil. The first English-language book to showcase the bold typography and streamlined imagery of modern Italian design motifs on comercial products of the day, this fascinating and important resource for designers, history buffs, and collectors includes a discussion of the Futurist influence on the Italian Art Deco style and the success of such individualized expression despite a ruthless Fascist regime.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.