This unique visual history of the art of illustration, by the foremost historian of graphic design and a well-known illustrator and designer, joins the authors’ previous Graphic Style as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in art, design, and popular culture.
Illustration has long been a significant popular art—and is often more visible, recognizable, and memorable than “higher” arts. Editorial and advertising illustration in all its many forms is so integral to our understanding of news, views, literature, and commerce that it is easily taken for granted. Nonetheless, it has an impressive history and remains a vital influence on visual culture. This book is a rich chronicle, celebration, and survey of well over a century of illustration. It deftly reveals the visual mannerisms, quirks, and tics that characterize drawn, painted, and digitized illustrations in different styles, and places leading illustrators in historical context.
Style
Victorian 15
Arts and Crafts 26
Art Nouveau 29
Object Poster 37
Expressionism 42
Art Deco 52
Romanticism 67
Surrealism 70
Representational 72
Pulp 74
Heroic Realism 78
Realism 80
Rockwellian 86
Push Pin Style 88
Polish 91
Cartoon Expressionism 93
Fantasy 100
Gothic 104
Primitivism 111
Minimalism 114
Psychedelic 117
Neo Impressionism 121
Neo Expressionism 128
Neo Realism 137
Neo Surrealism 145
Neo Victorian 160
Punk 165
Postmodern 167
Neo Deco 170
Digital 172
Form
Anthropomorphic 178
Caricature 185
Political 197
Propaganda 210
Reportage 214
Parody 218
Satiric 224
Children's Illustration 228
Comics 239
Toys 246
Absurdist 249
Erotic 252
Conceptual 256
Diagram 262
Illustrated Alphabets and Trademarks 264
Index 268
Overview
This unique visual history of the art of illustration, by the foremost historian of graphic design and a well-known illustrator and designer, joins the authors’ previous Graphic Style as an indispensable resource for anyone interested in art, design, and popular culture.
Illustration has long been a significant popular art—and is often more visible, recognizable, and memorable than “higher” arts. Editorial and advertising illustration in all its many forms is so integral ...