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What exists in the space between the words and the pictures? How do
the stories unfold? What happens between the first sketch and
finished picturebook? Twelve of the world's finest contemporary
picturebook makers generously share their experiences, challenges,
doubts, sketches, illustrations, and invaluable insights into their
creation process. They reveal the complex and time-consuming work
that happens behind the scenes, in service of their stories and
their readers. An inspiring collection of picturebook knowledge for
anyone interested in this unique and dynamic art form. The editor
of the book is Sam McCullen, who runs the Picturebook Makers blog
and the picturebook platform dPICTUS. PICTUREBOOK MAKERS reveals
the picturebook's immense creative potential, and celebrates
outstanding international picturebooks and their creators.
Featuring Jon Klassen, Kitty Crowther, Beatrice Alemagna, Shaun
Tan, Eva Lindstroem, Blexbolex, Chris Haughton, Suzy Lee, Bernardo
P. Carvalho, Isol, Manuel Marsol, and Johanna Schaible.
"The Bible in the Latin West" is the first volume in a series that
addresses the codicology of texts. In considering how and why the
appearance of a manuscript changes over the centuries, Margaret T.
Gibson introduces students to the study of manuscripts and to the
wider range of information and expertise that can be brought to
bear on the study of manuscripts as historical objects as well as
texts. Here Gibson surveys the changes in the most important book
in the western world, the Latin Bible. She begins the survey in
late antiquity, discussing the volumes of the great senatorial
houses of the 4th century and how they influenced the early great
Bibles of northern Europe. The discussion then moves through the
Carolingian period, with its increased interest in commentary to
early vernacular versions, and goes on to reveal how in the 11th
and 12th centuries the growing numbers of monastic and university
readers made new demands on the texts which led to the inclusion of
glosses and other scholarly apparatus. Later, the combined
influences of increased literacy and growing wealth among the
population called for vernacular translations and devotional aids
such as Books of Hours. Gibson completes the survey with a look at
early printed Bibles. A useful volume for anyone being introduced
to the firsthand study of texts and their transmission, as well as
for graduate students in history, English, modern languages,
classics, and religious studies. "The Bible in the Latin West"
contains an introductory survey.
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Little Women
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Louisa May Alcott; Illustrated by Clara M. Burd; Introduction by Alice A Carter
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Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was a critically acclaimed
bestseller upon its publication in 1868. It tells the story of
sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - each a young woman with a
distinctive and relatable personality, a rare feature for a
children's novel at the time. The novel continues to resonate with
readers as a timeless tale of growing up. This is the first modern
edition of Little Women to feature the complete illustrations of
Clara Miller Burd, originally executed in 1926. Burd's brilliant
colour plates and detailed drawings bring the world of the March
family to life. An introduction by Alice A. Carter, an expert on
Golden Age illustration, explores Burd's life and the work of early
20th-century women illustrators. This new edition, handsomely bound
in cloth, will be the perfect gift for all devotees of Little
Women.
This beautiful, fully illustrated book presents a compendium of
artworks throughout history which have been inspired by myth,
fantasy and the unreal. Artists have explored imaginary worlds and
fantastical creatures for centuries, expressing the unreal and
impossible, the mystical and mythical, via the medium of paint. But
what draws them to the imaginary, the uncharted and the unknown? Is
it merely an escape from reality? Or are they seeking a greater
understanding of the human experience, or perhaps the very meaning
of life itself? With myriad styles and methods of expression, what
links artists through the ages? And how have these visual flights
of fancy and imagination changed over the course of time? The Art
of Fantasy is a visual sourcebook of all that is fantastical –
from fine art to illustration, and from surrealists and symbolists
to the creatives working in undefined territories. While the
artists in our history books (Blake, Goya, Dali, Magritte, Ernst)
first brought fantasy art to the galleries, it was the twentieth
century artists who brought it to the masses. It is in this book
that, for the first time, they are united and equally weighted,
presenting a mesmerising and thoughtful curation of the best
fantasy artwork out there. This is an inspiring collection for fans
of myth, magic, fantasy and art history.
A visual history of the spaceships, alien landscapes,
cryptozoology, and imagined industrial machinery of 1970s paperback
sci-fi artIn the 1970s, mass-produced, cheaply printed science
fiction novels were thriving. The paper was rough, the titles
outrageous, and the cover art astounding. Over the course of the
decade, a stable of talented painters, comic book artists, and
designers produced thousands of the most eye-catching book covers
to ever grace bookstore shelves (or spinner racks). Curiously, the
pieces commissioned for these covers often had very little to do
with the contents of the books they were selling, but by leaning
heavily on psychedelic imagery, far-out landscapes, and trippy
surrealism, the art was able to satisfy the same space-race fueled
appetite for the big ideas and brave new worlds that sci-fi writers
were boldly pushing forward.In Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of
the 1970s, Adam Rowe—who has been curating, championing, and
resurrecting the best and most obscure art that 1970s sci-fi has to
offer for more than five years on his blog 70s Sci-Fi
Art—introduces readers to the biggest names in the genre,
including Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Tim White, Jack Gaughan, and
Virgil Finlay, as well as their influences. With deep dives into
the subject matter that commonly appeared on these
covers—spaceships, alien landscapes, fantasy realms,
cryptozoology, and heavy machinery—this book is a loving tribute
to a unique and robust art form whose legacy lives on both in
nostalgic appreciation as well as the retro-chic design of
mainstream sci-fi films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien:
Covenant, and Thor: Ragnarok.
"Most public and academic libraries, particularly those with
emphases on art history, American studies, American popular
culture, or book collection, will want to acquire American Popular
Illustration." Reference Books Bulletin
A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine
high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift,
and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers,
travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of
well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published
throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted
covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped,
complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The
covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many
hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces
that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.
PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical
features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two
ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list
and robust ivory text paper. THE ART. With colourful illustrations
and charming tales, these story anthologies showcase the sports and
hobbies young people could enjoy during the 1930s. THE FINAL WORD.
As William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do
not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Rachel Owen's hauntingly beautiful illustrations for Dante's
Inferno take a radically new approach to representing the world of
Dante's famous poem. The images combine the artist's deep cultural
and historical understanding of 'The Divine Comedy' and its
artistic legacy with her unique talent for collage and printmaking.
These illustrations, casting the viewer as a first-person pilgrim
through the underworld, prompt us to rethink Dante's poem through
their novel perspective and visual language. Owen's work, held in
the Bodleian Library and published here for the first time,
illustrates the complete cycle of thirty-four cantos of the Inferno
with one image per canto. The illustrations are accompanied by
essays contextualising Owen's work and supplemented by six
illustrations intended for the unfinished Purgatorio series. Fiona
Whitehouse provides details of the techniques employed by the
artist, Peter Hainsworth situates Owen's work in the field of
modern Dante illustration and David Bowe offers a commentary on the
illustrations as gateways to Dante's poem. Jamie McKendrick and
Bernard O'Donoghue's translations of episodes from the 'Inferno'
provide complementary artistic interpretations of Dante's poem,
while reflections from colleagues and friends commemorate Owen's
life and work as an artist, scholar and teacher. This stunning
collection is an important contribution to both Dante scholarship
and illustration.
A FLAME TREE NOTEBOOK. Beautiful and luxurious the journals combine
high-quality production with magnificent art. Perfect as a gift,
and an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers,
travellers, students, poets and diarists. Features a wide range of
well-known and modern artists, with new artworks published
throughout the year. BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. The highly crafted
covers are printed on foil paper, embossed then foil stamped,
complemented by the luxury binding and rose red end-papers. The
covers are created by our artists and designers who spend many
hours transforming original artwork into gorgeous 3d masterpieces
that feel good in the hand, and look wonderful on a desk or table.
PRACTICAL, EASY TO USE. Flame Tree Notebooks come with practical
features too: a pocket at the back for scraps and receipts; two
ribbon markers to help keep track of more than just a to-do list
and robust ivory text paper. THE ART. Late-nineteenth and
early-twentieth-century children's books are the subjects of this
print from the Bodleian Libraries. Richly illustrated covers adorn
the rows of shelves, featuring titles such as Little Miss Sunshine,
No Ordinary Girl and A Girl of High Adventure. THE FINAL WORD. As
William Morris said, "Have nothing in your houses that you do not
know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
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