Print culture : from steam press to ebook / / Frances Robertson

• Autore: Robertson Frances <1952-, >
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2013; Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 686.209
• Soggetto topico: Printing - History; Printing - Social aspects - History; Graphic design (Typography) - History; Communication and technology; Digital media
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Marked surfaces -- Steam intellects -- Lithography and "improper" printing -- Grey scale : half tone printing and the age of photomechanical reproduction -- Found objects : copyshop culture -- Conclusion : post-print culture.
• Sommario/riassunto: With the advent of new digital communication technologies, the end of print culture once again appears to be as inevitable to some recent commentators as it did to Marshall McLuhan. And just as print culture has so often been linked with the rise of modern industrial society, so the alleged demise of print under the onslaught of new media is often also correlated with the demise of modernity. This book charts the elements involved in such claims-print, culture, technology, history-through a method that examines the iconography of materials, marks and processes of print, and in this s
• Titolo autorizzato: Print culture
• ISBN: 1136502378; 9780203144206; 0203144201; 1283871955; 1136502386
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827858903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II