Another World : Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Print Culture / Patricia Mainardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mainardi, Patricia, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual communication--History--19th century--Congresses.

Visual communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The remarkable story of the stylistic, cultural, and technical innovations that drove the surge of comics, caricature, and other print media in 19th-century Europe Taking its title from the 1844 visionary graphic novel by J. J. Grandville, this groundbreaking book explores the invention of print media-including comics, caricature, the illustrated press, illustrated books, and popular prints-tracing their development as well as the aesthetic, political, technological, and cultural issues that shaped them. The explosion of imagery from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th exceeded the print production from all previous centuries combined, spurred the growth of the international art market, and encouraged the cross-fertilization of media, subjects, and styles. Patricia Mainardi examines scores of imaginative and innovative prints, focusing on highly experimental moments of discovery, when artists and publishers tested the limits of each new medium, creating visual languages that extend to the comics and graphic novels of today. Another World unearths a wealth of visual material, revealing a history of how our image-saturated world came into being, and situating the study of print culture firmly within the context of art history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Another World

1. Drawing's Stepchild: Lithography and Caricature

2. Spreading the News: The Illustrated Press

3. The Invention of Comics: Stories in Pictures

4. Paths Forgotten, Calls Unheard: Pictures in Stories

5. The Curious History of Popular Imagery in France

Conclusion: A Complete Panorama

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22378-1

OCLC:

981765203