History of Illustration

by Susan Doyle (Editor), Jaleen Grove (Contributor), Whitney Sherman (Contributor)

" The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo! " David Brinley, University of Delaware, USA

History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context, while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential guide is the first history of illustration written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, History

592 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2019

Reviews

[Esther]

Woah I was so bummed out in 2020 because of everything that I fell one book short of my reading challenge. But then I remembered... my history textbook❤️ xoxo let's all have a 2021❤️

[Lulu]

Prehistory-


Image and text; "early Kudurru" e.g.
Blau Monuments c. 3100-2700 BCE
Stele of Ushumgal c. 2900-2700 BCE

Incantation bowls

2nd 15th https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/1...

[Rex · Rating 5 out of 5]

A timely attempt to re-construct Illustration as a fine art disciplines. For hundred and hundred of years illustration seems a second class art disciplines hiding behind painting or sculpture or other "Fine Arts". There is a huge philosophical shift towards the status of illustration in the 21st century. But the first thing to do to canonize a discipline is to construct it's history. I enjoy this book as I see no bias towards any special cultures or regions of illustrative history. From Egypt to Japan, from USA to France, from Australia to Argentina, this is a thorough attempt to survey our illustration history of the entire evolutionary civilization.

[Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of work has gone into making this!