Cuba Style: Graphics from the Golden Age of Design

Steven Heller; Vicki Gold Levi

ISBN 10: 1568983603 / ISBN 13: 9781568983608

Verlag: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002

Beschreibung

First edition, 2nd printing. A near fine softcover copy with bumps to the bottom of spine. Inscribed by author on title page. See my photos. All books are in my possession and are packed securely and shipped in a cardboard box. #9.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 002515

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Cuba Style: Graphics from the Golden Age of Design
• Verlag: Princeton Architectural Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1568983603
• ISBN-13: 9781568983608
• Einband: Soft cover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 2nd Printing
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Signiert: Inscribed by Author(s)

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

To usher in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the national republic of Cuba, Steven Heller and Vicki Gold Levi have collected hundreds of vintage graphics of Cuba from the 1920s to the 1959 revolution. Cuba Style recalls the days of glory when the island was a veritable resort colony for Americans and Europeans who came in search of Latino music and dancing, gambling, tropical romance, and the best beaches in the Americas.

To advertise these attractions, Cubano graphistos combined elements of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus modernism, and Vegas-style kitsch in a distinctly Cuban sensibility. Cuba Style, the first book of its kind, reproduces a treasure trove of graphics from popular magazines, packaging, posters, and indigenous products such as liquor and cigars. It is a visual history of Cuba in its golden age as well as a wellspring of capitalist extravagance, seen here through the rare graphics of its extraordinary and now lost popular culture.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steven Heller is the art director of the New York Times Book Review