Label Art of the Chinese World, 1890-1976

Author:   Andrew S. Cahan
Publisher:   Schiffer Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9780764340314


Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 August 2012
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Label Art of the Chinese World, 1890-1976


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Enticing, eye catching, and artistic, the graphic art of product labels from years past also offers clues to understanding the contemporary culture and ways of life of everyday consumers. Here is a showcase of remarkable packaging and advertising art created from 1890 through 1976, primarily in Canton, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Macau, and other cities of large Chinese populations. Included are more than 400 different labels for products as diverse as tea, medicines, foods, cosmetics, cigarettes, harmonicas, fabrics, matches, phonograph records, firecrackers, and incense. Designers and historians alike will appreciate how these labels employed a fascinating mixture of traditional Chinese imagery and ornamentation blended with modern Western graphic influences and later the ideology of the People's Republic of China. AUTHOR: Andy Cahan's interest in Chinese culture began at an early age and evolved into a lifetime passion for unearthing and collecting its printed ephemera. ILLUSTRATIONS: 462 colour & b/w images *

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Author:   Andrew S. Cahan
Publisher:   Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9780764340314


ISBN 10:   076434031
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   27 August 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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Andy Cahan's interest in Chinese culture began at an early age and evolved into a lifetime passion for unearthing and collecting its printed ephemera. Cahan lives in North Carolina and makes his living as a cabinet builder and woodworker.

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