Susan Doyle

A timely attempt to re-construct Illustration as a fine art disciplines. For hundred and hundred of years illustration seems a second class art disciplines hiding behind painting or sculpture or other "Fine Arts". There is a huge philosophical shift towards the status of illustration in the 21st century. But the first thing to do to canonize a discipline is to construct it's history. I enjoy this book as I see no bias towards any special cultures or regions of illustrative history. From Egypt to Japan, from USA to France, from Australia to Argentina, this is a thorough attempt to survey our illustration history of the entire evolutionary civilization.… (más)

"History of Illustration" is an inclusive survey from pre-history to modern times in visual art. This comprehensive publication is the first history of illustration written by an international group of illustration specialists — historians, practising artists, and teachers. The scope of this scholarly book easily surpasses Janson's 'History of Art', particularly since no discrimination was made based on gender, both with respect to art work and authors selected for contributing to each chapter. This overarching oeuvre of the illustration art genre extensively covers all types of artwork from cave paintings, cartooning and caricature to digital media. The published images are excellent for clarity and display of techniques.… (más)