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Loading... Art of the Book: From Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)by James Bettley
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Traces the illustrator's arts from hand-engraved medieval manuscripts to modern graphic novels. Fully illustrated in color. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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"Illuminated Manuscripts, comics, fine bindings, the classics of children's literature, artists' books and their working documents - these are just some of the items to be found in the National Art Library at the V & A. This volume explores the ways in which books represent art and literature, and how the marriage of word and image can create a work of art in its own right." "In a series of thematic chapters, the authors draw on their wide-ranging expertise to look at the Library's major holdings, and in the process illustrate the main aspects of book design and production over the centuries. With medieval books of hours sitting alongside contemporary paperback novels, the choice is wonderfully varied, from Leonardo da Vinci to Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Joan of Arc to Judge Dredd, Aesop to Charles Dickens, and Babar the Elephant to Ian Fleming." "The colour plates, accompanied by a clear and informative text, demonstrate the many facets of the art of bookmaking. This compendium, spanning six centuries, will be of interest to all those with a love of art, literary history and illustration."--BOOK JACKET./n?R?. No library descriptions found. |
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