Future retro : drawings from the great age of American automobiles : selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection /
Sharf, Frederic Alan,
Future retro : drawings from the great age of American automobiles : selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection / essay by Fredrick A. Sharf with additional text by Richard Arbib. - First edition - 79 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Issued in connection with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Apr. 21-July 20, 2005.
Designing the American dream : American car styling in the fifties and sixties / The drawings -- Considerations on automobile design / List of illustrations and commentary. Frederic A. Sharf -- Richard Arbib --
"From preliminary sketches to carefully drafted renderings, these drawings showcase the beauty and ingenuity of automobile design in the heyday of American manufacture. Whether used to float innovations, showcase new developments, or promote the latest models, they are, first and foremost, examples of graphic art. Future Retro looks at cars from a landmark period in American automobile design, the 1940s through the 1960s, providing a rare glimpse into the thinking of premier Detroit car builders. The text discusses such matters as the role of the designer in auto styling, the influence of emerging technologies on postwar car design, and the ways in which these drawings depict a particularly resonant segment of the American dream. Over 50 color illustrations, many never before published, introduce us to cars that are both futuristic and retro, sometimes decidedly wacky (several were too outlandish to build), and always very, very, cool. Future retro offers a lesson in car creation and history to practitioners and students of graphic and industrial design - as well as to anyone who has ever felt the allure of the great American automobile."--BOOK JACKET.
0878466908 9780878466900 0878466894 9780878466894
2004116861
Sharf, Frederic Alan--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Sharf, Jean S.--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Automobiles in art--Exhibitions
Drawing, American--20th century--Exhibitions
Automotive drafting--Exhibitions
Drawing--Private collections--Massachusetts--Chestnut Hill--Exhibitions
NC825.A8 / S53 2005 TL240 / .S53 2005
629.231
Future retro : drawings from the great age of American automobiles : selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection / essay by Fredrick A. Sharf with additional text by Richard Arbib. - First edition - 79 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Issued in connection with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Apr. 21-July 20, 2005.
Designing the American dream : American car styling in the fifties and sixties / The drawings -- Considerations on automobile design / List of illustrations and commentary. Frederic A. Sharf -- Richard Arbib --
"From preliminary sketches to carefully drafted renderings, these drawings showcase the beauty and ingenuity of automobile design in the heyday of American manufacture. Whether used to float innovations, showcase new developments, or promote the latest models, they are, first and foremost, examples of graphic art. Future Retro looks at cars from a landmark period in American automobile design, the 1940s through the 1960s, providing a rare glimpse into the thinking of premier Detroit car builders. The text discusses such matters as the role of the designer in auto styling, the influence of emerging technologies on postwar car design, and the ways in which these drawings depict a particularly resonant segment of the American dream. Over 50 color illustrations, many never before published, introduce us to cars that are both futuristic and retro, sometimes decidedly wacky (several were too outlandish to build), and always very, very, cool. Future retro offers a lesson in car creation and history to practitioners and students of graphic and industrial design - as well as to anyone who has ever felt the allure of the great American automobile."--BOOK JACKET.
0878466908 9780878466900 0878466894 9780878466894
2004116861
Sharf, Frederic Alan--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Sharf, Jean S.--Art collections--Exhibitions.
Automobiles in art--Exhibitions
Drawing, American--20th century--Exhibitions
Automotive drafting--Exhibitions
Drawing--Private collections--Massachusetts--Chestnut Hill--Exhibitions
NC825.A8 / S53 2005 TL240 / .S53 2005
629.231