An influential teacher whose pen-and-ink drawings helped define the style of the early twentieth century; Edmund J. Sullivan sought to define the principles behind good illustration. His treatise ― richly illustrated with black-and-white engravings by Holbein; Duuml;rer; Rubens; Blake; and many others ― also offers suggestions on materials and methods. Sullivan; who came of age during the heyday of graphic design and book illustration; was a firm believer in free but faithful artistic interpretations. In The Art of Illustration; he conducts a fascinating journey through art history that ranges back and forth in time from his contemporaries mdash; including Beardsley; Doreacute;; and Whistler mdash; to Botticelli and other old masters. Sullivans knowledgeable and informative discourse covers symbolism; cartoons; the use of models; the illustration of poetry and plays; childrens books; and a host of other topics of enduring interest to artists and art lovers.
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Review
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Vital Addition to Your Spokane History BookshelfBy LarryCI just finished this book and it is quite good. George looks at the theater scene in Spokane from 1880-1910 or so (with a bit on the transition to moving pictures in the 1910s). The book is not so much about what happens on stage as it is about how Spokanites consumed and fought about theater. For most of this period there is a sharp divide. Highbrow theater included things like opera and Shakespeare. was attended by respectable people including middle-class women. and took place at the fancy theaters like the Auditorium. Lowbrow theater was often variety theater shows that included scantily-dressed women and blue humor. was attended by working men (and sometimes middle class men whose wives thought they were somewhere else) and was way more popular than highbrow theater. Alcohol was served at the variety theaters. usually by female barmaids who sometimes had other favors for sale as well. Ministers were constantly organizing to try and ban variety theaters. and were defeated again and again by downtown business owners and workers.There is more here as well--the business arrangements of theater and how they change during this period. local theater companies and how they tried to stay respectable. and the small local movie industry in the 1910s and 20s.There are only a handful of deeply-researched. footnoted books on Spokane history so it is great to see another. This is not a popular history book like Boys in the Boat or Breaking Blue. it is not a page-turner. but if you research and write about local history in this time period this is an important book. I recommend it.
