In the early 20th century, the writer and critic Lu Xun was important in stimulating the development of Chinese graphic design from traditional models to a freer style, embracing international influences such as Russian Constructivism. This well-illustrated study discusses examples of China's changing graphic forms from the Shanghai Style of the 1930s and the Mao-centric imagery of the Cultural Revolution to more expressive work and a revival of folk styles later in the century.

This is the catalogue of an American exhibition on the manifestation of the 'Liberty style' of the early 20th century in the decorative arts of Italy. The First International Exposition of Modern Decorative Art, held in Turin in 1902, was the starting point for the evolution of the style in the country, largely through the work of the furniture-maker and entrepreneur Agostino Lauro (1861–1924). His creations are among those illustrated here, alongside preparatory drawings, contemporary photographs and other items from the archives.

In this book of 40 essays on illustration, the renowned art critic and illustrator Tom Lubbock (1957–2011) focuses on English artists using graphic media, the latter broadly interpreted to include not only drawings and prints, but works such as the Uffington White Horse and Harry Beck's Tube map. Lubbock's subjects range chronologically from the Bronze Age to the 1970s, but with the emphasis on the great artists of the late 18th and early 19th century: Palmer, Blake, Fuseli and Bewick.