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Essays in Book

Engaging essays on a wide-variety of illustration-based subjects by knowledgable authors, scholars, artists, and students can be explored here.

Children’s Book Illustrators in the Golden Age of Illustration

Corryn Kosik | June 26, 2018 - A look at some of the most influential illustrators working in 19th and 20th century England during the Golden Age of Illustration.

Pyle as a Picture Maker

James Gurney | September 16, 2015 - Pyle regarded the picture as a stage, and figures as actors in a drama.

Narrative Realism and Pictorial Composition in the Work of Howard Pyle

Frederick Schneider | June 29, 2015 - Narrative realism is an approach to illustration that engages viewers with the content of a story through composition, value, color, body language, facial expression, and the realistic portrayal of actions, events, and character interaction.

Chasing the Muse: Norman Rockwell and the Legacy of Howard Pyle

Stephanie Haboush Plunkett | April 13, 2015 - This essay explores illustrator Howard Pyle's influence on Norman Rockwell and offers consideration of their comparative works.

The Art of Hoarding

| January 10, 2015 - Aubrey Beardsley writes about the relative value of commercial art vs. fine art.

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