Art and books
Summing up the subject Over the course of this subject I have engaged with a variety of readings, resources and media that has both strengthened and challenged my understanding, knowledge and definitions of ‘art’ and ‘book’ and how they intersect.
What kinds of texts have you read in the last six months? How have you accessed them? Can you identify any patterns in your reading preferences? Read: The Conversation: What is a book in the digital age? I move between electronic
Question: What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of this form as compared to traditional modes of publication? What bookish qualities do hypertexts share with traditional publications? Shelly Jackson’s My Body – a Wunderkammer is an example of electronic
Explore examples of contemporary makers of artists books. Why is this particular artist attracted to the book form of expression? What techniques do they use? How do they sit within Drucker’s categories? Figure 1: Anne-Maree Hunter (1963 -), The tower
Exploring an array of examples of artist’s books has enriched my definition of what constitutes ‘bookness’ as artist’s books subvert and challenges traditional book conventions. In The Artist’s Book as Idea and Form, Drucker (1995) suggests that there is no
Explore how time and movement is represented in the comic form and the role played by image and text in achieving this? Comic authors use strategies to communicate a sense of movement and time in each panel (Duncan & Smith,
What do you think about Will Eisner’s view that comics are at their best when one person is responsible for both words and pictures? Eisner suggests when the artistic and linguistic style are unified by a single creator, the best
I’ve been thinking about how comic books are contemporary examples of how illustration and text co-exist in book form, just as they did in medieval manuscripts. Images have always been used as a narrative device just as linguistics/text has. Comic
What do block books have in common with manuscript books? How do they differ? I think aesthetic differences emerge because of the process of making manuscripts and block books requires different forms of craftsmanship and materials, creating woodcuts and the
In what ways did the introduction of printing affect the appearance of text in books? The introduction of printing had a relatively steady and gradual affect on the appearance of text in books (Febvre, 1990, p. 78). The first printed
