Art of American Car Design The Profession and Personalities

Name: Art of American Car Design The Profession and Personalities
Price: 64.5 USD
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ISBN: 9780271004792

ISBN-10: 0271004797

ISBN-13: 9780271004792

Edition: 1988

Authors: C. Edson Armi

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Americans have come to take the car for granted. Buying, driving, and keeping up our cars are simple facts of modern life. Those who don't own cars can hardly escape them since they are perhaps the most ubiquitous and arguably the most dominant visual form of our century. But how often do we look at them as art objects? Among the least analyzed and understood of the commercial arts, the American car continues to be one of our most significant and creative contributions to the history of design. Cars have shaped America like no other visual form, except perhaps the movies. Today, however, the movies are acknowledged as a legitimate art form. Surely it is time that cars were taken more…

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/1/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English