Books - GRD 115 History of Graphic Design - LibGuides at Elgin Community College

Books - GRD 115

**Remember to also search for books using the name of the movement (eg. Art nouveau) or the artist's name.

**For more ideas, you might also try searching with these subjects:

Graphic Design
Graphic Arts
Commercial Art
Design
Posters
Letterheads
Signs and Symbols
Book Design
Packaging
Visual Communication
Advertising Layout and Typography

Dictionary of Art
Call Number: Ref 703 D554
ISBN/ISSN: 1884446000
Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Call Number: 686.22 M497m
ISBN/ISSN: 0471699020
Graphic Communications Today
Call Number: 686.2252 R989g
ISBN/ISSN: 0766820750
Graphic Design History
Call Number: 741.609 G7664
ISBN/ISSN: 1581150946
Graphic Style : from Victorian to Post-Modern
Call Number: 741.609 H477g
ISBN/ISSN: 0810910330
Graphic Style : from Victorian to Digital
Call Number: 741.609 H477gr
ISBN/ISSN: 0810929848

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Timelines of the Arts and Literature
Call Number: Ref 700.202 B885t
ISBN/ISSN: 0062700693
Timetables of History : a horizontal linkage of people and events, based on Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan
Call Number: 902.02 G888t2
ISBN/ISSN: 0671249878
National Geographic Visual History of the World
Call Number: Ref 902.02 N277
ISBN/ISSN: 0792236955
Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century
Call Number: 709.04 L937v
ISBN/ISSN: 0810939347
(includes a decade by decade timeline of events in the wider world of the arts)

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A Cultural, Political, Sociological Context

Expand your research on the information you found using timelines. The ECC Library owns many specialized history/culture encyclopedias. Here are just a few. (Other titles are available. Check with a librarian regarding which ones may cover your area of interest.)