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Modern Americanness - by Christopher Long (Hardcover)

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  • Tracing the development and evolution of graphic design in the United States and its inextricable ties to American culture and visual identityVenturing across five decades of American culture, this landmark book explores how modern graphic design emerged in the United States and how it became an intrinsic feature of the country's identity.
  • Author(s): Christopher Long
  • 264 Pages
  • Art, History & Criticism

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Tracing the development and evolution of graphic design in the United States and its inextricable ties to American culture and visual identity

Venturing across five decades of American culture, this landmark book explores how modern graphic design emerged in the United States and how it became an intrinsic feature of the country's identity. Author and design professor Christopher Long tells this story in a wholly new way, exposing many long-forgotten figures and movements and resurrecting the debates and conceptions that were integral to the new art. In a series of deeply involving portraits of American artists and innovators who helped shape the very look of the modern age, Modern Americannesss offers a sweeping story of the country's visual culture and its distinctiveness across a variety of designed objects: magazine covers, food labels, event posters, chapbooks, advertisements, propaganda and much more.
Christopher Long is the Martin S. Kermacy Centennial Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dimensions (Overall): 11.3 Inches (H) x 9.6 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 3.65 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 264
Genre: Art
Sub-Genre: History & Criticism
Publisher: Kant
Format: Hardcover
Author: Christopher Long
Language: English
Street Date: November 11, 2025
TCIN: 1003233583
UPC: 9788074374401
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-6846
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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