TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharf,Frederic Alan
AU  - Arbib,Richard
ED  - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
TI  - Future retro: drawings from the great age of American automobiles : selected from the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf collection 
SN  - 0878466908
AV  - NC825.A8 S53 2005
U1  - 629.231 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - MFA Publications
KW  - Sharf, Frederic Alan
KW  - Sharf, Jean S.
KW  - Automobiles in art
KW  - Exhibitions
KW  - Drawing, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Automotive drafting
KW  - Drawing
KW  - Private collections
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Chestnut Hill
N1  - 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; Frederic A. Sharf --; The drawings --; Considerations on automobile design; Richard Arbib --; List of illustrations and commentary; Also issued online
N2  - "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
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