Illustration : a theoretical and contextual perspective /
Alan Male.
- 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portraits ; 30 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- The illustrator -- Education -- The programme of work, an overview -- Developing the brief -- Answering the brief -- The conceptual process -- Research -- Drawing -- The Nature of imagery -- Visual language -- Visual metaphor -- Pictorial truths -- Aesthetics and non-aesthetics -- The role of illustration -- Documentation, reference and instruction -- Commentary -- Storytelling -- Persuasion -- Identity.
"This book examines the breadth and use of illustration... Targeting the latter stages of undergraduate development and post-graduate study there is a particular focus on theory, research, conceptual processing, visual language analysis and the contexts of illustration practice. It also introduces the concept of illustrator as a specialist or authority on a particular subject or as an originator of either fiction and/or non-fiction material"--Back cover.