As you probably noticed if you are a regular reader of this site, we are big fans of book illustrations, especially the golden age of form, the late 18th and 19th centuries – but the photographs dominate Before it is taken over as a visual medium. However, photography has largely replaced textbooks, magazines and newspaper illustrations for the 20th century, but fictional works that were published on a daily basis in gorgeous illustrated editions suddenly became known today. It has become a bank of words that have no distinctive characteristics. Although graphic novels and comic books with many imagery have flourished over the past few decades, illustrated literary textbooks are actually rare.
Why did this change occur? “I really don’t know.” Written in Christopher Howes Telecommunicationshowever, he points out that the era of illustrated fiction for adults ended in “after the deaths of large Victorian novelists” like Dickens and Trolope. Before adult picture books became unstyled, several now-known artists built careers as book illustrators. Considering the big names of this era, we think about Aubrey Beardsley and Gustave Dore. We tend not to think about Irish artists. Harry Clark– Relative Clinicians – But we should. Of the many incredible illustrations of famous literary works featured here, my favorite might be Clark’s 1926 Goethe illustration Faust.
With some of his illustrations, I would like to resort to that rather second-grade explanation for art that we find intrusive. It’s not that they need them to remind me of the many images he did. His source material is odd enough (probably Goethe was on drugs!). In any case, we can definitely call Clark’s work hallucinations, and that applies to his previous 1923 illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe Mystery and Imagination Stories Similarly, you can see some example selections here.
Dublin-born Clark worked as a stained glass artist as well as an illustrator, drawing inspiration from early artistic nouveau aesthetics such as Beersley, and his own Rococo thrives in the elongated shapes and decorative patterns that those artists like. did. His shining figure perfectly inviting the enthusiasm of Poe’s world, including those who look like Poe himself. And, like Poe, Clark’s art generally flourished in a mesmerizing dark underworld filled with ghouls and demons. Both of these Protogos died young at the age of 40 under mysterious circumstances. Clark with tuberculosis at 42.
The Clark Illustration Edition of POE included eight full-color plates and 24 black and white illustrations. Irish Artist is also a version that depicts a fairy tale edition in particular. Hans Christian Andersen and Charles Perrowas you might imagine, with images that are likely to terrorize sensitive children. You can buy you Here is the unique edition of Clarke-IllustratedPoewas re-released in 2008 by Calla Press. And to see All 24 of Clark’s black and white plates head for 50 watts.
Note: Previous versions of this post were published on our site in 2016.
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