A Companion to Illustration (eBook)

Art and Theory

Alan Male (Herausgeber)

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2019
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-18555-0 (ISBN)

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A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development Illustration 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 strategies Considers the influence of illustration through cognition, research and cultural hypotheses Discusses the illustrator as author, intellectual and multi-disciplinarian Explores state-of-the-art research and contemporary trends in illustration Examines the philosophical, theoretical and practical framework of the discipline A 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Art History
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Art History
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Art History
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: A Companion to Illustration • Alan Male</p> • animated illustration • animated illustrators • Architecture • Architektur • Art & Applied Arts • Art History & Theory • authorial illustration • concepts of illustration • conceptual illustration • contemporary illustration • contemporary illustration reference • contexts of illustration • contextual illustration • Design, Drawing & Presentation • Editorial Illustration • Entwurf, Zeichnung u. Präsentation • future of illustration • illustration and ethics • illustration and metaphor • illustration and race • illustration and responsibility • illustration anthology • illustration commentary • illustration communication • illustration criticism • illustration discussions • illustration epistemology • illustration essays • illustration frameworks • illustration history • illustration methodology • illustration philosophy • illustration principles • illustration process • illustration readings • illustration reference • illustration research • illustration scholarship • illustration strategies • illustration studies • illustration theory • Kunstgeschichte u. -theorie • Kunst u. Angewandte Kunst • <p>illustration compendium • modern illustration reference • polymathic illustrator • professional illustration • traditional illustration • trends in illustration
• ISBN-10: 1-119-18555-6 / 1119185556
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-18555-0 / 9781119185550