The Resource Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design, Ellen Mazur Thomson
Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design, Ellen Mazur Thomson
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The item Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design, Ellen Mazur Thomson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
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- Summary
- "A study of how new theories of design in the late 19th century, including the introduction of Japanese artistic principles, new printing technology, the emergence of the consumer society, transformation in the publishing industry, and the influence of international expositions worked to change the idea of the book at the fin-de-siecle. Contains 16 color plates and 50 black-and-white illustrations, an appendix, notes and index"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 177 pages, 16 color plates
- Contents
-
- Preface: "Aesthetic tracts"
- Consequences of abundance
- Book covers : a search for design principles
- Japonisme in Sarah Wyman Whitman's book covers
- A story told with pictures : Histoire des quatre fils Aymon
- The text and the image : conflict and compatibility
- The writer as book designer
- Privileging the text : the writer and the reader
- Changes in the lesson of things
- Appendix: Gillotage
- Isbn
- 9781584563365
- Label
- Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design
- Title
- Aesthetic tracts
- Title remainder
- innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design
- Statement of responsibility
- Ellen Mazur Thomson
- Title variation
- Innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design
- Subject
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- Book covers
- Book covers -- History -- 19th century
- Book design
- Book design -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Book design -- France -- History -- 19th century
- Book design -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Book industries and trade
- Book industries and trade -- History -- 19th century
- Buchgestaltung
- England
- Aesthetics, Modern
- History
- Illustrated books
- Illustrated books -- History -- 19th century
- Japonism
- Japonism
- United States
- Whitman, Sarah
- Whitman, Sarah
- France
- Aesthetics, Modern -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A study of how new theories of design in the late 19th century, including the introduction of Japanese artistic principles, new printing technology, the emergence of the consumer society, transformation in the publishing industry, and the influence of international expositions worked to change the idea of the book at the fin-de-siecle. Contains 16 color plates and 50 black-and-white illustrations, an appendix, notes and index"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thomson, Ellen Mazur
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Z246
- LC item number
- .T55 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Whitman, Sarah
- Whitman, Sarah
- Book design
- Book design
- Book design
- Book industries and trade
- Book covers
- Illustrated books
- Japonism
- Aesthetics, Modern
- Buchgestaltung
- Japonism
- Aesthetics, Modern
- Book covers
- Book design
- Book industries and trade
- Illustrated books
- England
- France
- United States
- Label
- Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design, Ellen Mazur Thomson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: "Aesthetic tracts" -- Consequences of abundance -- Book covers : a search for design principles -- Japonisme in Sarah Wyman Whitman's book covers -- A story told with pictures : Histoire des quatre fils Aymon -- The text and the image : conflict and compatibility -- The writer as book designer -- Privileging the text : the writer and the reader -- Changes in the lesson of things -- Appendix: Gillotage
- Control code
- 920469618
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 177 pages, 16 color plates
- Isbn
- 9781584563365
- Lccn
- 2015027804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portrait
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920469618
- Label
- Aesthetic tracts : innovation in late-nineteenth-century book design, Ellen Mazur Thomson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface: "Aesthetic tracts" -- Consequences of abundance -- Book covers : a search for design principles -- Japonisme in Sarah Wyman Whitman's book covers -- A story told with pictures : Histoire des quatre fils Aymon -- The text and the image : conflict and compatibility -- The writer as book designer -- Privileging the text : the writer and the reader -- Changes in the lesson of things -- Appendix: Gillotage
- Control code
- 920469618
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 177 pages, 16 color plates
- Isbn
- 9781584563365
- Lccn
- 2015027804
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portrait
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920469618
Subject
- Book covers
- Book covers -- History -- 19th century
- Book design
- Book design -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Book design -- France -- History -- 19th century
- Book design -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Book industries and trade
- Book industries and trade -- History -- 19th century
- Buchgestaltung
- England
- Aesthetics, Modern
- History
- Illustrated books
- Illustrated books -- History -- 19th century
- Japonism
- Japonism
- United States
- Whitman, Sarah
- Whitman, Sarah
- France
- Aesthetics, Modern -- 19th century
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