500 Years of Illustration: From Albrecht Dürer to Rockwell Kent by Howard Simon, ISBN-13: 978-0486484655
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- Publisher: Dover Publications; Illustrated edition (December 14, 2011)
- Language: English
- 512 pages
- ISBN-10: 0486484653
- ISBN-13: 978-0486484655
An unrivaled treasury of the methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators, this volume covers five centuries of decorations for the printed page. Ranging from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century, it offers working artists and students an unsurpassed reference and source of inspiration. It also forms a delightful browsing book for lovers of art and illustrated books.
Starting with 16th-century woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein, the chronological presentation features works by Goya, Hogarth, Blake, Morris, Doré, Toulouse-Lautrec, Beardsley, and other masters. A brief text introduces each section, and the volume concludes with an international roster of modern artists, categorized by country. All that is best and outstanding in the field of illustration appears here, in this giant book of sketches, engravings, woodcuts, and lithography.
Table of Contents:
Part One: THE PAST
IN THE BEGINNING
ALBRECHT DÜRER
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER
WILLIAM HOGARTH
WILLIAM BLAKE
FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES
THOMAS BEWICK
THOMAS ROWLANDSON
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK
PHIZ
JOHN LEECH
RANDOLPH CALDECOTT
JOHN TENNIEL
SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK GILBERT
AUBREY BEARDSLEY
WILLIAM MORRIS
EDWARD CALVERT
CHARLES HENRY BENNETT
ADRIAN LUDWIG RICHTER
ADOLPH MENZEL
HONORÉ DAUMIER
HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
GUSTAVE DORÉ
Part Two: THE PRESENT
MODERN FRANCE
MODERN GERMANY
MODERN POLAND
MODERN RUSSIA
MODERN ITALY
MODERN BELGIUM
MODERN HOLLAND
MODERN MEXICO
MODERN GREAT BRITAIN
THE UNITED STATES
INDEX
Howard Simon (1902–79) was a nationally renowned painter in oils and watercolors and an illustrator who worked in sketches and woodcut prints. Simon’s works were exhibited at the Smithsonian and other museums, and he was a member of the art faculty of New York University for 20 years.
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