Graphic Forms: The Arts as Related to the Book

György Kepes

Published by Harvard University Press 1949

Graphic Forms

The Arts as Related to the Book

György Kepes
In collaboration with: P J Conkwright , W A Dwiggins , Edna Beilenson , Carl Purington Rollins , Paul Rand , Donald Klopfer , Merle Armitage , Samuel Chamberlain , Walter Dorwin Teague , Peter Beilenson , Herschel Levit , Lynd Ward , J Donald Adams and Philip Hofer

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674182295

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Publisher’s Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1 FUNCTION fitness to purpose
function in modern design György Kepes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
university press book design P. J. Conkwright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
trade book design W. A. Dwiggins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
evaluation Carl Purington Rollins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
2 FORM structure and shape
black in the visual arts Paul Rand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
static and dynamic concepts Walter Dorwin Teague Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
the illustrator and the book Lynd Ward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
3 STYLE individual expression
the author and the printed book Donald Klopfer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
the avant-garde Herschel Levit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
experimentation and the individual — a psychological approach Edna Beilenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
the amateur printer: his pleasures and his duties Peter Beilenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
4 PROSPECT an extensive view
as the etcher sees it Samuel Chamberlain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
the new forms—and books Merle Armitage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
tomorrow’s readers J. Donald Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
epilogue Philip Hofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Ilustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1949
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 128
Illustrations
- Other: 86 illustrations
Keywords: Printing.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674182295

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1949
ISBN: 9780674334021