20th Century Classic Cars

ISBN-13: 9783836546157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 592 str.

Phil Patton

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Wheels of history: From the Model T and DB5 to the VW Beetle and the Hummer Henry Ford jump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: the Model T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin-era showboat to sleek status symbol, complete with sleek hood ornament. Initially a novelty item, the car grew into a necessity of the modern age, and a vector of freedom on the open road. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. Using imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels--and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological innovations, major manufacturers and dealers, historical events, and influence of popular culture on car design. Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver's seat. A TASCHEN classic, now in a new size at an irresistible price

Recenzje

"Eine Spritztour in die Vergangenheit von Madison Avenue, Abteilung Automobile." The New York Times

O autorze

Phil Patton schreibt für die New York Times über Automobildesign und ist Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift I.D. Er war als Berater für Ausstellungen wie Curves of Steel: Streamlined Automobile Design im Phoenix Art Museum und Different Roads: Automobiles for the Next Century im Museum of Modern Art in New York tätig.

Kulturanthropologe und Grafikdesign-Experte Jim Heimann ist Executive Editor bei TASCHEN in Los Angeles. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Bücher über Architektur, Popkultur und die Geschichte der amerikanischen Westküste, insbesondere Los Angeles und Hollywood, darunter TASCHEN's Surfing, Los Angeles. Porträt einer Stadt, California Crazy und die Buchreihe All-American Ads.