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Title: The Illustrator in America : 1860-2000 by Walt Reed ISBN: 0-06-055488-6 Publisher: Harper Design International Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not what I was looking for, but not so bad...
Comment: What I wanted out of this book was an engaging art history examination of american illustration over the past two centuries. Something that gave proper respect and weight to a much maligned art form (Something exactly like the extraordinary Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels published by phaidon). Instead I got a hybrid illustration annual and encyclopedia of artist bios. It's an ecclectic mix of greats rubbing elbows with the bad: NC Wyeth, Frazetta, Howard Pyle, Gibson, and Nast are presented beside a horde of Norman Rockwell clones and gaudy cowboy paintings. General overviews of time periods and the external influences on the art world in general are too brief for my liking. I would have liked to see more pictures per illustrator, but at five hundred pages it's already quite a hefty publication and a great deal of fun to spend tome time with. So despite my initial disappointment I have grown to like the book quite a bit and have spent many hours leafing through it.
One major complaint regards the selection of recent illustrators profiled, because their account of the state of contemporary illustration totally SUCKS. I think they only profiled society members because they waste pages on some seriously weak artists while avoiding the kind of great artists that jam pack the Spectrum annuals year after year. There is so much great work in those books but not a stitch of it shows up here. Not Phil Hale not Dave McKean not Rick Berry, not even Michael Wheelan. It's a disappointing conclusion for such a thoroughly researched book but nothing that can't be remedied in the Fourth Edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful Book
Comment: This book is well organized, with gorgeous prints. Illustrations like these simply aren't being produced anymore, making this book all the more fascinating and valuable.
Rating: 4
Summary: Golden Age Illustrations in all their glory
Comment: I have the original 82 publication of this book, but had to buy this edition because it has many additional artists from the civil war era all the way to the end of the millenium. I am glad there is a new rise of appreciation for some of the most under-rated artists of the past. This book contains a nice range of work with good reproductions. I only wish many of the images were printed in a larger format, but it probably would be difficult given the number of artists represented. In any case, I highly recommend this book for all lovers of art.
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Title: Famous American Illustrators by Arpi Ermoyan, Erpi Ermoyan ISBN: 0785815600 Publisher: Chartwell Books Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators by Patricia Janis Broder, Walt Reed ISBN: 1888054433 Publisher: Collectors Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Visions of Adventure: N. C. Wyeth and the Brandywine Artists by John Edward Dell, Walt Reed ISBN: 0823056082 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Paper Graphics: The Power of Paper in Graphic Design by Catharine Fishel ISBN: 1564967700 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Graphic Design School by Alan Swann ISBN: 0471288349 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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