Cuba Style
Graphics from the Golden Age of Design
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Publication
2002-10-25 - Princeton Architectural Press
Language
English
Word Count
42,000 words, Guess
Page Count
168 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8691363M
- Internet Archivecubastylegraphic0000levi
- ISBN-101568983603
- ISBN-139781568983608
- LibraryThing214202
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- Goodreads10440
- Library of Congress Control Number2002007698
- OCLC Control Number49821160
- Better World Books9781568983608
Classifications
- LCCNC998.6.C9L48 2002
- LCCNC998.6.C9 L48 2002
Description
"Cuban graphistos heightened the island's appeal by creating a unique visual style that combined elements of art nouveau, art deco, European modernism, and Vegas-style kitsch with a distinctly Cuban sensibility. The first book of its kind, Cuba Style reproduces a treasure trove of vintage graphics from the 1920s to the revolution. Culled from period posters, magazines, advertisements, tourist brochures, postcards, product designs, and packaging, the images collected here by Vicki Gold Levi and Steven Heller create a visual history of Cuba's golden age as a wellspring of capitalist extravagance and capture the spirit of the now-lost popular culture of the island nation."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
THE BIKINI - CLAD COLOSSUS (OPPOSITE) TOWERING OVER THE TINY island of Cuba personifies a myth inverted by the travel industry that was common during the early 1950s.
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