Art of the American Automobile: The Greatest Stylists and Their Work
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (687 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0831706775 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
200+ full-color illus. 10 5/8 x 11 3/8.
Brad Hooper. From Booklist A big, beautiful car book with a different slant. Eminent British automotive writer Georgano partners with an outstanding car photographer from his own country, Nicky Wright, to produce a testament to the dictum "the automobile is art." Their focus is on individual car stylists who adhered to the philosophy that the automobile "has to sell on its appearance as much as on its mechanical qualities." The men profiled here were not (and are not) specialty designers of custom cars but employees of big car companies who devoted themselves to beautifying cars sold to a mass market. The breathtaking illustrations augment a loving text as we learn about such outstanding stylists as Harley Earl and the La Salle (launched in 1927), Bill Mitchell and his 1938 Cadillac Sixty Special and his 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, Gordon Buehrig's Cord 810 (introduced in 1936), and Bill Porter's 1995 Buick Riviera
T. Hallen said Five Stars. The book has very few issues and was an excellent value on such an interesting book.. The best book of this type ever written. A flustrated desig A Customer I am in my mid seventies and a flustrated automobile designer all my life. I have a large auto libaray, cars of all periods and this is by far the greatest book because it tell about the people who designed them through the ages. First class job. Thank you. Ephraim P. Hansell, 3830 Highcliff Dr. San Antonio Tx 78218. Great Buy Great Service. DOC This is the best service I have ever gotten from Amazon. The price was so low I could not believe it. The book was new. Anybody that has a automobile library must get this book. The picture of the automobile world is incomplete without it. The beautiful color illustration alone are worth the price of the book. The book gives an insider's view as to how cars are designed. It traces the history of the design of American automobiles from the beginning to the mid 1990's. The information is gold