History of illustration / Susan Doyle, editor, Jaleen Grove, associate editor, Whitney Sherman, associate editor.

"Written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators, History of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the prehistoric to the contemporary. With hundreds of color image, this book to contextualize the many types of illustrations within social, cultural, and technical parameters, presenting information in a flowing chronology. This essential guide is the first comprehensive history of illustration as its own discipline. Readers will gain an ability to critically analyze images from technical, cultural, and ideological standpoints in order to arrive at an appreciation of art form of both past and present illustration"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 508-525) and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Section I: Illustrative Traditions in Europe and Asia -- 1. Image and Meaning (Prehistory-c. 1800) -- 2. Illustration in Printed Matter and in Early Modern Europe (1400-1650) -- 3. Middle East and Southeast Asian Illustrative Traditions -- 4. Chinese Illustration before 1900 -- 5. Stage, Sex, and Scenes from Japan's Floating World Section II: Images as Knowledge, Ideas as Power -- 6. The Art of Observation and the Re-presentation of Nature (1450-1900) -- 7. Visualizing Bodies: Scientific and Medical Illustration from the Enlightenment to the 20th Century -- 8. Dangerous Pictures: Social Commentary in Europe (1720-1860) -- 9. Blake and Goya: Idealism Expressed through Elusive Form, Symbolism, and Mythic Refuge from the Man-Made World -- 10. The European Print Culture Matures: Illustration in the Expansion of Graphic Journalism, Advertising, and Magazine Fiction (1830-1900) -- 11. Victorian Sensibilities: Excess and Ornamentalism in Printed Ephemera (1830-1900) -- 12. Fantasy and Children's Book Illustration in the 19th and early 20th Century -- 13. Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and the Poster Movement: The Designer/Illustrator as a Shaper of Cultural Consciousness -- 14. Avant-garde in Early 20th Century Illustration in Publishing Design and Fine Art -- 15. The Boom and Decline of Narrative Realism in American Illustration (1875-1930) -- 16. Jazz, Sex, and Prosperity: Popular Culture, Illustrated (1920-1940) -- 17. Persuasive Images and Polemic in World Events (1890-1945) -- 18. From Pulps to Pinups: Illustrating Alternate Realities in Science Fiction -- 19. An International Medium: History of Comics and Graphic Narratives Section III: The Evolution of Illustration in an Electronic Age -- 20. The Shifting Mid-Century Marketplace: Illustration, Style, and the Challenge of New Media (1940-1980) -- 21. Counterculture since the 1960s: Underground Comix, Rock, and Protest Posters! -- 22. Contemporary Children's Book (1935-1995) -- 23. Contemporary Illustration: Shifting Markets in a Postmodern World -- 24. Continuing Strides in Medical and Scientific Illustration and Data-driven Visualization -- 25. Directions: Illustration as a "Future" Discipline Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

History of Illustration' covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context, while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential guide is the first history of illustration written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators.