Sparke, Penny — Italian Design 1870 to the Present
London, Thames & Hudson, 1988. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket with white lettering, 240 pp, 298 illustrations with 149 in color. "This is the first fully illustrated survey of Italian design, from the emergence of the newly unified nation in the 1870s, through the inward looking years between the wars, to th e international arena of the 1980s. From the 'heroic years' of post war reconstruction to the emergence of the radical anti-design movement of the 1960s, Penny Sparke's lively text explains the role of design in its cultural, socio-economic and political context." -dust jacket Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index. VG/VG (slight foxing to upper block edges) .
