Description
Book SynopsisDelving into the rationale behind influential communication,
The Power And Influence Of Illustration helps you understand how to work with a message to create convincing illustrations for your audience.Alan Male explains how illustrative imagery can lampoon, shock, insult, threaten, subvert, ridicule, express discontent and proclaim political and religious allegiance. He explores how its tools have been used in the past, and looks at how contemporary illustrators can use their own work to persuade and discusses where the line between persuasion and propaganda lies. These issues are explored using hundreds of full colour images from international artists, both contemporary and historical.
Trade ReviewAn excellent book that provides a good grounding in the historical context and development of Illustration that becomes increasing philosophical, more intellectually challenging and questioning of the role of the contemporary illustrator. * Nigel Coton, Lecturer in Illustration at Norwich University of the Arts, UK *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Lessons from History 1. From the Birth of Culture to Evolution 2. Victoriana to Disney 3. Mid 20th Century and the Digital Revolution
The Language of Drawing 4. Icons, Semiotics and Identity 5. Metaphor, Wit, Sarcasm and Perversion 6. Rhetoric and Subject Matter
Context, Impact and Consequence 7. Ethics, Censorship and Moral Responsibility 8. Presenting Knowledge, Advertising and Propaganda 9. Entertainment, Journalism and Literature
Contemporary and Future Practice 10. Innovation and Problem Solving 11. Communication’s Effectiveness, Function and Significance 12. Authorship and the Skills of the Illustrator
Index Further Reading Bibliography
