The History of Illustration

by Doyle, Susan; Grove, Jaleen; Sherman, Whitney

• ISBN13: 9781628927535
• ISBN10: 1628927534
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-08-10
• Publisher: Fairchild Books

Summary

Written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators, The History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the prehistoric to the contemporary. This book contextualizes the many types of illustrations within social, cultural, and technical parameters, presenting information in a flowing chronology. The text is complemented with Key Theme Boxes covering vital issues and arguments in the field and Tech-Boxes which expand upon technical innovations mentioned in the narrative.

This essential guide is the first serious and comprehensive history of illustration as its own discipline. Readers will gain an ability to critically analyze images from technical, cultural, and ideological standpoints in order to arrive at an appreciation of both historical and contemporary illustration.

Author Biography

Susan Doyle is an Assistant Professor at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI, USA.

Jaleen Grove is a Scholar-in-Residence at Visual Literacy Foundation of Canada in Toronto, Ontario.

Whitney Sherman is Director of the MFA in Illustration Practice at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Section I: Illustrative Traditions in Europe and Asia
1. Image and Meaning (Prehistory-c. 1800)
2. Illustration in Printed Matter and in Early Modern Europe (1400-1650)
3. Middle East and Southeast Asian Illustrative Traditions
4. Chinese Illustration before 1900
5. Stage, Sex, and Scenes from Japan's Floating World

Section II: Images as Knowledge, Ideas as Power
6. The Art of Observation and the Re-presentation of Nature (1450-1900)
7. Visualizing Bodies: Scientific and Medical Illustration from the Enlightenment to the 20th Century
8. Dangerous Pictures: Social Commentary in Europe (1720-1860)
9. Blake and Goya: Idealism Expressed through Elusive Form, Symbolism, and Mythic Refuge from the Man-Made World
10. The European Print Culture Matures: Illustration in the Expansion of Graphic Journalism, Advertising, and Magazine Fiction (1830-1900)
11. Victorian Sensibilities: Excess and Ornamentalism in Printed Ephemera (1830-1900)
12. Fantasy and Children's Book Illustration in the 19th and early 20th Century
13. Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and the Poster Movement: The Designer/Illustrator as a Shaper of Cultural Consciousness
14. Avant-garde in Early 20th Century Illustration in Publishing Design and Fine Art
15. The Boom and Decline of Narrative Realism in American Illustration (1875-1930)
16. Jazz, Sex, and Prosperity: Popular Culture, Illustrated (1920-1940)
17. Persuasive Images and Polemic in World Events (1890-1945)
18. From Pulps to Pinups: Illustrating Alternate Realities in Science Fiction
19. An International Medium: History of Comics and Graphic Narratives

Section III: The Evolution of Illustration in an Electronic Age
20. The Shifting Mid-Century Marketplace: Illustration, Style, and the Challenge of New Media (1940-1980)
21. Counterculture since the 1960s: Underground Comix, Rock, and Protest Posters!
22. Contemporary Children's Book (1935-1995)
23. Contemporary Illustration: Shifting Markets in a Postmodern World
24. Continuing Strides in Medical and Scientific Illustration and Data-driven Visualization
25. Directions: Illustration as a "Future" Discipline

Glossary
Bibliography
Index