Illustration Books: Illustration - A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective (9782940373512) By Alan Male
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- Title: Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective
- Author: Alan Male
- Publisher: AVA Publishing
- Published Date: June 2007
- ISBN: 978 2 940373 51 2
- Pages: 216
- Format: Paperback with flaps
- Price: United Kingdom USA
- Comprehensive guide to contemporary illustration
- Provides students with an understanding of the theory, research, conceptual processing and contexts of illustration practice
- Describes a variety of definitions and philosophies of illustration, together with a relevant historical overview
- Introduces the notion of the illustrator as a socially and culturally aware communicator
- Explores the role of the professional illustrator as part of the creative industries.
- Represents a detailed study of the discipline as a whole and an ideal core text for an illustration degree at any academic level.
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Alan Male - Illustrator, educator and writer. Head of the BA Illustration program at University College Falmouth, UK. Lectured throughout the United States. Professional illustrator since 1973. Worked nationally and internationally producing work for children’s books, editorials, CDs, reference books, encyclopaedias and advertising. Won several awards and has exhibited in London, Arizona, Denver and the Museum of American Illustration. |
- The Programme of work - An overview
- Developing the brief
- Answering the brief
- The conceptual process
- Research
- Drawing
- Visual language
- Visual metaphor
- Pictorial truths
- Aesthetics and non-aesthetics
- Documentation, reference and instruction
- Commentary
- Storytelling
- Persuasion
- Identity
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Notes & Sketches
- Index
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Illustrator
Education
The Nature of Imagery
The Role of Illustration
Appendix
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