Graphic communications today - William E Ryan

Here is the definitive book on graphic communications in a thoroughly researched and gloriously designed all-new fourth edition.
Get deep inside the concepts and practical applications of traditional and cutting-edge media in the explosive world of contemporary visual art.
Throughout its long and storied history, Graphic Communications Today has been the essential first step for aspiring visual artists.
This landmark book presents the full scope of visual communication in all of its rich diversity more clearly and completely than any other book- anywhere.The fourth edition is written in an engaging style and contains examples of some of the finest visual arts collected from all over the world.
What's more it opens windows into the creative world of graphic communication and the lives of those who create it for magazines, newspapers, advertising, animation, branding, television and film, photography, illustration, marketing communications, interactive multimedia, the Web and beyond.

Theodore Conover taught Journalism and Graphics at the University of Nevada, Reno for 22 years, serving as chair of the journalism department for ten years.
As the former owner-publisher of five community newspapers and managing editor of a small city daily, he brought much practical experience into his classroom.
Conover received his undergraduate and masters degrees in Journalism from Ohio State University and was awarded fellowships form the Public Relations Society if America and American Business Press.