All American Ads of the 20's (Midi Series)
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Rating | : | 4.38 (941 Votes) |
Asin | : | 3822825115 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-07-18 |
Language | : | German, French, Spanish, Japanese |
DESCRIPTION:
ron kline said Five Stars. great. "Best of series, typographically speaking" according to Eric B. Lots of hand drawn type. The pictures are happier and more whimsical than the Best of series, typographically speaking Lots of hand drawn type. The pictures are happier and more whimsical than the 30's or Best of series, typographically speaking Eric B Lots of hand drawn type. The pictures are happier and more whimsical than the 30's or 40's.If you're into copying type, don't bother with the 60's -- the type is really boring. The 20's has one has everything from campy to elegant type I'm looking forward to the release of the 00's-10's (turn of the century).. 0's.If you're into copying type, don't bother with the 60's -- the type is really boring. The 20's has one has everything from campy to elegant type I'm looking forward to the release of the 00's-10's (turn of the century).. 0's or Best of series, typographically speaking Eric B Lots of hand drawn type. The pictures are happier and more whimsical than the 30's or 40's.If you're into copying type, don't bother with the 60's -- the type is really boring. The 20's has one has everything from campy to elegant type I'm looking forward to the release of the 00's-10's (turn of the century).. 0's.If you're into copying type, don't bother with the 60's -- the type is really boring. The 20's has one has everything from campy to elegant type I'm looking forward to the release of the 00's-10's (turn of the century).. Five Stars excellent condition - excellent book
The dawn of American consumerism Prohibition made liquor illegal and all the more fun to drink. It was the roaring twenties in America: a singular time in history, a lull between two world wars and the last gas before the nation's descent into the Great Depression. Speakeasies, luxury cars, women's liberation, bathtub gin and a booming economy kept the country's mood on the up-and-up. Forging the way into the future like a modern streamliner in a sea of antiquity, advertising in the 20s sought to bring avant-garde into the mainstream -- which it did with great success.. Gangsters flourished in big cities and gangster movies flourished in Hollywood. Women sheared
. Jim Helmann is a resident of Los Angeles, a graphic designer, writer, historian, and instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and Hollywood history, and serves as a consultant to the entertainment industry
Fear is a great motivator: hunky Marvin loses the girls to halitosis; classy dames subtly judge each other on the quality of the ScotTissue in the bathroom: "Women sense it immediately!" The ads featuring black people fascinatingly demonstrate that even the era's most talented artists couldn't draw blacks because they literally could not see them when they looked at them. After a short but sweet introductory essay by New York Times designer Steven Heller, editor Jim Heimann organizes the ads by subject: consumer products, fashion and beauty, entertainment, travel, etc. High art rears its lovely head in ads for the Marmon Big 8 racer, powered by a 125-horsepower engine and a lightninglike look derived from Futurist art. de Mille’s poster f