Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons) [Paperback]

Jim Heimann (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Icons | Publication Date: August 1, 2005

The book contains many representations of Christmas motifs in media, posters, other art forms like Christmas Cards and graphic arts surrounding these in the world.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Jim Helmann is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America in Los Angeles and the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and Hollywood history.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (August 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822845868
• ISBN-13: 978-3822845868
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jim Heimann is a resident of Los Angeles, a graphic designer, writer, historian, and instructor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He is the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and Hollywood history, and serves as a consultant to the entertainment industry.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A festive wrap, November 5, 2005

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Robin Benson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

The latest Taschen Icon graphics book finally catches up with the American festive season and presents a delightful collection of historical printed matter. I liked the comprehensive selection of items, cards, wrapping paper, parcel tags, consumer ads, magazine covers, photos of house decorations, sheet music covers and all in color. Historically they come from Victorian times to about the mid-sixties.

Kris Kringle obviously gets a good showing and I was surprised to see that he was depicted as a plump guy many years before illustrator Haddon Sundblom fixed his size for ever in 1932 for the first of his annual Coca-Cola paintings. Incidentally, as the drinks company has used Christmas as a strong selling point hundreds of items they have created can be seen in 'Coca-Cola Collectible Santas' (ISBN 1887432930).

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yes, it made me smile, but...., February 8, 2006

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Fahtimah (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

While I enjoyed looking at the array of graphics, and I did wallow in warm fuzzies of Christmas past, I was disappointed that most of the graphics were grainy, some cut off, and several pages of my book looked like they had been ripped by a binding machine. Still, I put it out, and people really enjoyed looking through it and smiling that smile of rememberance which Christmas can bring.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome nostalgia, May 1, 2011

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This review is from: Christmas: Vintage Holiday Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

i just love these books that take me back to good childhood memories. the years melt away at the familiar sights of long ago, when anticipation of the holiday to come brought nothing but upbeat, happy anticipation. this book is a mini time machine destination, much appreciated in a hectic world full of bad news.