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50s Cars (Icons) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by Jim Heimann (Author), Various (Author)
Key Phrases: fine cars, General Motors

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Highlights from American automobile design of the 1950s.

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Taschen (May 5, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3822816302
ISBN-13: 978-3822816301
Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces

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fine cars

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This book cites 13 books:

Classic Rock Covers (TASCHEN Icons Series) by Taschen in Back Matter
Future Perfect (Icons Series) by Jim Heimann in Back Matter
Photo Icons: The Story Behind the Pictures by Therese Mulligan in Back Matter
Art Now: Artist at the Rise of the New Millennium (Taschen 25) by Uta Grosenick in Back Matter
Piranesi: The Etchings by Luigi Ficacci in Back Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fifties chrome., July 20, 2002

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This is one of Taschen's inexpensive, all color, pictorial reference books, full of cars lifted from fifties ads and loosely organised in date order. It does include thirty or so complete ads. Now you will have a chance to study the photo-realist style of unknown commercial artists and see how they handled all that chrome. I think many of these paintings must have had two artists, one to do the precise detailing of the vehicle and another to handle the much more casual backgrounds and people. There are some photos included, by the late fifties paintings had given way to studio or location photography and I think a little bit of sparkle had been lost from the images.

As far as I can see most of these pictures have been lifted from the wonderful 925 page `All-American Ads 50s' by Jim Heimann, it has a 188 page chapter on car ads and here you get to read the copy as well.