Companion to Illustration

Art and Theory

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A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future developmentIllustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural infrastructure; it dispenses knowledge and education, it commentates and delivers journalistic opinion, it persuades, advertises and promotes, it entertains and provides for all forms of narrative fiction. A Companion to Illustration explores the definition of illustration through cognition and research and its impact on culture. It explores illustration’s boundaries and its archetypal distinction, the inflected forms of its parameters, its professional, contextual, educational and creative applications. This unique reference volume offers insights into the expanding global intellectual conversation on illustration through a compendium of readings by an international roster of scholars, academics and practitioners of illustration and visual communication.Encompassing a wide range of thematic dialogues, the Companion offers twenty-five chapters of original theses, examining the character and making of imagery, illustration education and research, and contemporary and post-contemporary context and practice. Topics including conceptual strategies for the contemporary illustrator, the epistemic potential of active imagination in science, developing creativity in a polymathic environment, and the presentation of new insights on the intellectual and practical methodologies of illustration. Evaluates innovative theoretical and contextual teaching and learning strategiesConsiders the influence of illustration through cognition, research and cultural hypothesesDiscusses the illustrator as author, intellectual and multi-disciplinarianExplores state-of-the-art research and contemporary trends in illustrationExamines the philosophical, theoretical and practical framework of the disciplineA Companion to Illustration is a valuable resource for students, scholars and professionals in disciplines including illustration, graphic and visual arts, visual communications, cultural and media and advertising studies, and art history.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-07-19
Mått173 x 244 x 43 mm
Vikt1 406 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBlackwell Companions to Art History
Antal sidor688
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781119185536

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Alan Male is Professor Emeritus, Falmouth University, UK. He is an internationally recognized academic, writer, illustrator, and lecturer on communication, historical and cultural studies, and professional illustration practice. Professor Male is author of Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective, Illustration: Meeting the Brief, and The Power and Influence of Illustration. He has won numerous international awards and has illustrated more than 170 books.

List of Illustrations viiiAbout the Editor xivNotes on Contributors xvSeries Editor’s Preface xxPreface xxiIntroduction: The Paradigm of Illustration 1Alan MalePart I The Theory, Character, and Making of Imagery 191 Making Visible: Illustration Through Identification, Categorization, and Metaphor 21Stuart Medley2 Conceptual Illustration: Framework and Methodologies 47Rebecca Heavner3 Learning from the Past, from Giotto to Transport for London: Travels in Space and Time 59Laurence North4 Reportage: Drawing the Stories 85Melanie Reim5 Animated Illustrations – Animated Illustrators: Influences From Traditional Illustration in Outstanding Animated Films 102María Lorenzo Hernández6 Illustration in Motion: Sequential Momentum in Children’s Illustrated Books 140Sarah McConnellPart II Education and Research 1617 Illustrators: Collaborative Problem Solvers in Three Environments 163Susan Hagan8 What is the Nature of Illustration Expertise? 185David Blaiklock9 The Illustrator as Visual Problem Solver: A Deconstruction of Conceptual Strategies for the Contemporary Illustrator 199Sue Clarke10 Design for Life: Research Methods, Design Thinking, and Authorial Illustration Practice 229Stephanie Black11 Putting Theory into Practice 250Mario MinichielloPart III Context 27512 How Illustration Works: Exploring a Model of Editorial Illustration in Print and Online Media 277Nanette Hoogslag13 Shifting Authorship: The Illustrator’s Role in Contemporary Book Illustration: Decision‐Making with Depictive, Augmenting, and Appropriational Strategies: Illustration: Concept of Diffusion vs. Innovation 305Franziska Walther14 Illustration: On the Epistemic Potential of Active Imagination in Science 330Kathrin Mira Amelung15 The Symbiotic Dilemma of the Children’s Picture Book Maker in a Polymathic World 354Karenanne Knight16 Framing Questions and Modes of Inquiry in Illustration Process and Critique 378Robert Brinkerhoff17 The Inquiring Eye: Illustration and the Production of Knowledge 400Patricia Likos Ricci18 The Meaning of Illustration in Early Nineteenth-Century America 422Christopher J. Lukasik19 Historical and Philosophical Relations Between the Uncanny and Illustration 444Carolyn Shapiro20 The Fabrica of Vesalius: A Semiotic Analysis 467Alan YoungPart IV Contemporary and Post-Contemporary Practice 49321 Future Dialogs for Illustration 495Roderick Mills22 Developing Creativity in a Polymathic Environment 515Andrew Hall23 The Polymath Principle in the Twenty-First Century 554Alice A. Carter24 Race, Perception, and Responsibility in Illustration 570Robyn Phillips-Pendleton25 Understanding Illustration – Process, Perception, and Profession: The Legitimacy 600Jo DaviesIndex 623