Description
Book SynopsisIllustration and Heritage explores the re-materialisation of absent, lost, and invisible stories through illustrative practice and examines the potential role of contemporary illustration in cultural heritage. Heritage is a process' that is active and takes place in the present. In the heritage industry, there are opposing discourses and positions, and illustrators are a critical voice within the field.
Grounding discussions in concepts fundamental to the illustrator, the book examines how the historical voice might be found' or reconstructed. Rachel Emily Taylor uses her own work and other illustrators' projects as case studies to explore how the making of creative work through the exploration of archival material and experimental fieldwork is an important investigative process and engagement strategy when working with heritage.
What are the similar functions of heritage and illustration? How can an illustrator give voice' to a historical person? How can an
Trade Review
This insightful book shines a light on one of the important roles of illustration. It illuminates key ideas on how the illustrator's voice can make our past more human and heritage as a deep source of inspiration for illustration. * Nanette Hoogslag, Anglia Ruskin University, UK *
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Illustration and Heritage 2. Illustration and Historical Voices 3. Illustration and Historical Collections 4. Illustration and Historical Landscapes Conclusion
