ENGL 3524 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Randolph Caldecott, Arthur Rackham, Walter Crane
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Earliest known illustrated books are called illuminated manuscripts, usually done by monks in scriptoriums. Limited by what the artist could draw and time. http://www. snake. net/people/paul/kells/thumbnails. Illustrated books followed soon after the invention of moveable type by. Woodblocks were carved to provide pictures, stamped in ink, then printed. An early example: look up caxton"s aesop"s fables (1483) By the late 18th c. woodblock carving had become a real art form--showed lots of shading and tone. Look up bewick"s history of british birds (read by. In mid 19th c. cruikshank illustrated dickens" novels and grimm"s fairy. Truly extended the mood (gave character, emotion) http://www. surlalunefairytales. com/illustrations/illustrators/cr uikshank. html. Copperplate engraving--a copper sheet etched with acid, inked, and printed. Popular during early 19th c. one of the most beautiful examples: blake s songs of innocence and experience (1794). http://www. blakearchive. org/blake/ The advent of photography in mid-19th c. revolutionized the reproduction of pictures for books.
