Dirk's Graphic Design History Midterm Study

Cave paintings at Lascaux, France. Hall of Bulls

Sumerian tokens

Written word tablets, Cuneiform, from Uruk (Mesopotamia)

Petroglyphs, Anasazi symbols, Newspaper Rock, Utah

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Egyptian Hieroglyphics (Rebus Principle) 

Phoenician alphabet 

Chinese Calligraphy, Chen-Shu (regular style)

Trajan’s Column

Book of Kells (chi-rho page)

Early Printing

Johannes Gutenburg

Gutenburg Press

Johannes Gutenberg – 42 Line Bible 

Carved steel punch

Matrix, Type, and Smoke Print

Earhard Ratdolt – Calendarium 

Aldus Manutius – Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 

Aldus Manutius – Printer’s Trademark 

Albrecht Durer – 4 books on Measurement 

Geoffroy Tory – Construction of Letter Q from Champ Fleury 

Geoffroy Tory – fantastic alphabet from Champ Fleury 

William Caslon – specimens of Caslon Roman and Italic 

John Baskerville – Title Page from Vergil’s Pastorials, Farming and Aeneis 

John Baskerville – Sectional heading page from Vergil’s Pastorials, Farming and Aeneis 

Giambatista Bodoni – page from Manuale Tipografico 

Francois Ambroise Didot – page from Liberation of Jerusalem 

Thomas Cotterell – twelve-line pica, sandcast let 

Darius Wells - Wood Type

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 

Toulouse Lautrec 

Toulouse Lautrec 

Toulouse Lautrec 

Toulouse Lautrec 

Toulouse Lautrec 

Beggarstaff Brothers 

Beggarstaff Brothers 

Beggarstaff Brothers 

Beggarstaff Brothers 

Beggarstaff Brothers 

Stone Lithography 

William Morris, Kelmscott Press 

William Morris 

William Morris 

Alphonse Mucha 

Alphonse Mucha 

Alphonse Mucha 

Koloman Moser 

Koloman Moser 

Koloman Moser 

Berthold Loffler 

Berthold Loffler 

Peter Behrens 

Edward Johnston 

Edward Johnston 

Lucian Bernhard 

Lucian Bernhard 

Lucian Bernhard 

Lucian Bernhard 

Lehmann Steglitz 

Ludwig Hohlwein 

Phillips Coles 

F. G. Cooper 

Invest in Victory, Artist Unknown WWI 

Ludwig Hohlwein 

James Montgomery Flagg 

Alfred Leete 

Howard Chandler Christy 

Franz Würbel 

Linotype Machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler 

Akzidenz Grotesk, Berthold Type Foundry 

Peter Behrens 

Peter Behrens 

A Small Dada Show, Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters 

The Scarecrow, Theo van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters, 

Merz Magazine, Kurt Schwitters 

ABCD, Raoul Hausman 

Tone Poem poster, Raoul Hausman 

Dada typography, Richard Hulsenbeck 

Dada typography, Tristan Tzara 

Cut with Kitchen Knife, Hannah Hoche 

Composition DADA, Sophie Taeuber-Arp 

Words in Freedom, F. T. Marinetti 

F. T. Marinetti 

F. T. Marinetti 

Ardengo Soffici 

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, El Lissitsky 

For the Voice, El Lissitsky 

For the Voice, El Lissitsky 

Advertising Poster, Alexander Rodchenko 

Advertising Poster, Alexander Rodchenko 

Advertising for GUM Department store, Alexander Rodchenko 

De Stijl magazine, Theo van Doesburg 

Modular typeface, Theo van Doesburg 

Painting by Theo van Doesburg 

Composition with Red, Yellow and Black, Piet Mondrian 

Painting by Theo van Doesburg 

Ad, Piet Zwart 

Catalog, Piet Zwart 

Catalog page, Piet Zwart