Ebook: 500 Years of Illustration: From Albrecht Dürer to Rockwell Kent

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; A Note of Acknowledgment; Contents; Introduction; Part One: THE PAST; IN THE BEGINNING; ALBRECHT DÜRER; HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER; WILLIAM HOGARTH; WILLIAM BLAKE; FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES; THOMAS BEWICK; THOMAS ROWLANDSON; GEORGE CRUIKSHANK; PHIZ; JOHN LEECH; RANDOLPH CALDECOTT; JOHN TENNIEL; SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK GILBERT; AUBREY BEARDSLEY; WILLIAM MORRIS; EDWARD CALVERT; CHARLES HENRY BENNETT; ADRIAN LUDWIG RICHTER; ADOLPH MENZEL; HONORÉ DAUMIER; HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC; GUSTAVE DORÉ; Part Two: THE PRESENT; MODERN FRANCE.;An unrivaled treasury of the methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators, this volume covers five centuries of decorations for the printed page. Ranging from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century, it offers working artists and students an unsurpassed reference and source of inspiration. It also forms a delightful browsing book for lovers of art and illustrated books. Starting with 16th-century woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein, the chronological presentation features works by Goya, Hogarth, Blake, Morris, Doré, Toulouse-Lautrec, Beardsley, and other masters. A brief text introduces each section, and the volume concludes with an international roster of modern artists, categorized by country. All that is best and outstanding in the field of illustration appears here, in this giant book of sketches, engravings, woodcuts, and lithography.