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Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Illustration & commercial art > Illustration
Charles 'Skipper' Lynam, the celebrated preparatory school
headmaster at the Dragon School, Oxford, during the First World
War, inspired a generation of his pupils as they found themselves
caught up in the conflict. This book tells the story of the
school's wartime years and the various fronts on which its boys
were involved. It traces the roots of a school founded by Oxford
dons for their children, its idiosyncratic ways and the
extraordinary relationship Skipper Lynam forged with his boys, some
of whom (in former pupil John Betjeman's words) 'lost their lives
for King and Country and the Dragon School'.
This enchanting gallery transports viewers to a fairy tale world --
an ageless fantasy realm inhabited by characters from favorite
folktales and depicted by renowned artists. Lovingly reproduced
from rare early editions, more than 180 illustrations portray
scenes from stories by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen,
and other sources, including ancient Celtic and Norse legends.
Breathtaking art, dating from 1882 to 1923, captures the genius of
23 illustrators, including Arthur Rackham, Gustave Dore, Edmund
Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Warwick Goble, and Walter Crane.
The imaginative interpretations include vignettes from "Sleeping
Beauty," "Cinderella," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Puss in Boots," "The
Snow Queen," and scores of other familiar and lesser-known tales.
The illustrations, many of which are brilliantly colored, full-page
images, appear with a caption that includes the artist's name, the
story from which it's drawn, and a descriptive line or direct
quotation from the tale. Book lovers of all ages will rejoice in
this treasury and its happy marriage of fine art and fairy tales.
**Shortlisted for the 2021 British Book Design and Production
Awards for the Best Jacket / Cover Design** For years illustration
has lacked a strong critical history in which to frame it, with
academics and media alike assessing it as part of design rather
than a discipline in its own right. Illustration Research Methods
addresses this void and adds to a fast-emerging discipline,
establishing a lexicon that is specific to discussing contemporary
illustration practice and research. The chapters are broken down
into the various roles that exist within the industry and which
illustration research can draw from, such as 'Reporting' and
'Education'. In doing so, users are able to explore a diverse range
of disciplines that are rich in critical theory and can map these
existing research methodologies to their own study and practice.
Supported by a wealth of case studies from international educators,
student projects sit alongside those of world-renowned
illustrators. Thus allowing users the opportunity to put what they
have learnt into context and offering insight into the thinking and
techniques behind some of illustrations' greats.
Facsimile edition of an important witness to the impact of the
Normans on the ecclesiastical culture of England. Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle, MS F [London, British Library, Cotton Domitian A.viii,
folios 30-70] is unique in presenting a sustainedly bilingual
[Latin and Old English] text. Palaeographicalevidence dates the
manuscript to caAD1100; from its script it is clear that it was
written at Canterbury. It is a witness - in language and script -
to the impact of the Norman regime on the ecclesiastical culture of
England and particularly its most important church. The evidence
which it provides for the history of the Kentish dialect attests at
the same time to the breakdown at Canterbury of the late West Saxon
literary standard. In view of its importance in various
contexts,the publisher and general editors now issue, as a
supplementary volume to the collaborative edition, a complete
facsimile of this interesting book as a preliminary to a new
edition in the series, with an introduction outlining theproblems
posed by the manuscript. Professor DAVID DUMVILLE is Professor of
History and Palaeography at the University of Aberdeen.
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