tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post1970627419640167962..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: Continuous Golden AgeThomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-49354305030509507092011-03-05T07:10:52.057-08:002011-03-05T07:10:52.057-08:00Excellent point, Daniel. I'm enough of a cynic...Excellent point, Daniel. I'm enough of a cynic to concur, therefore I shall endeavor to keep that particular point obscure as I rant for new golden ages for the periodical media.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-20748516126571990032011-03-05T04:55:22.776-08:002011-03-05T04:55:22.776-08:00I am enough of a cynic that I believe that, were i...I am enough of a cynic that I believe that, were it widely recognized that children's books have enjoyed a continuous golden age, a effort would be mounted to bring that age to an end, to replace the illustration there with something mediocre or nihilistic.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-72668303979028414622011-03-04T09:09:37.718-08:002011-03-04T09:09:37.718-08:00Hi Thom,
There are so many fine artists illustrat...Hi Thom,<br /><br />There are so many fine artists illustrating children's books today, that I encourage all artists to explore the medium, by visiting a large library collection, where children’s picture books have been selected based on favorable reviews. <br /><br />Some illustrators are writing the books; and others are in collaboration with their long time friends or spouses, or they have been selected and hired through author and publisher recommendations. <br /><br />Styles range from watercolor and pastel, with the quality of professional portraits- far from static, expressing movement, scene, setting, characterization, and emotion- to pure graphic design, or an almost cartoon-like quality. These are the illustrated stories written for pre-school through about third or fourth grade. Graphic novels are another medium to explore. <br /><br />There are so many artists, in a myriad of styles, these are just a handful, in no particular order: Jan Brett, James Ransome, David Diaz, Trina Schart Hyman, Janet Stevens, Allen Say, Jerry Pinkney, Rachel Isadora, Marilee Heyer, Steven Kellogg, Audrey Wood, Marianna Mayer, Chris Van Allsburg, David Weisner, Denise Fleming, Kinuko Y. Craft, and Robert D. San Souci. Michael Hague and Tony DiTerlizzi credit Arthur Rackham as a direct influence.<br /><br />You are so right, that a golden age should incorporate every facet of our visual experience.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588164536314320479noreply@blogger.com