A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development Illustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural infrastructure; it dispenses knowledge and education, it commentates and delivers journalistic opinion, it persuades, advertises and promotes, it entertains and provides for all forms of narrative fiction. A Companion to Illustration explores the definition of illustration through cognition and research and its impact on culture. It explores illustration's boundaries and its archetypal distinction, the inflected forms of its parameters, its professional, contextual, educational and creative applications. This unique reference volume offers insights into the expanding global intellectual conversation on illustration through a compendium of readings by an international roster of scholars, academics and practitioners of illustration and visual communication. Encompassing a wide range of thematic dialogues, the Companion offers twenty-five chapters of original theses, examining the character and making of imagery, illustration education and research, and contemporary and post-contemporary context and practice. Topics including conceptual strategies for the contemporary illustrator, the epistemic potential of active imagination in science, developing creativity in a polymathic environment, and the presentation of new insights on the intellectual and practical methodologies of illustration. • Evaluates innovative theoretical and contextual teaching and learning strategies • Considers the influence of illustration through cognition, research and cultural hypotheses • Discusses the illustrator as author, intellectual and multi-disciplinarian • Explores state-of-the-art research and contemporary trends in illustration • Examines the philosophical, theoretical and practical framework of the discipline A Companion to Illustration is a valuable resource for students, scholars and professionals in disciplines including illustration, graphic and visual arts, visual communications, cultural and media and advertising studies, and art history.
List of Illustrations viii About the Editor xiv Notes on Contributors xv Series Editor's Preface xx Preface xxi Introduction: The Paradigm of Illustration 1 Alan Male Part I The Theory, Character, and Making of Imagery 19 1 Making Visible: Illustration Through Identification, Categorization, and Metaphor 21 Stuart Medley 2 Conceptual Illustration: Framework and Methodologies 47 Rebecca Heavner 3 Learning from the Past, from Giotto to Transport for London: Travels in Space and Time 59 Laurence North 4 Reportage: Drawing the Stories 85 Melanie Reim 5 Animated Illustrations - Animated Illustrators: Influences From Traditional Illustration in Outstanding Animated Films 102 Maria Lorenzo Hernandez 6 Illustration in Motion: Sequential Momentum in Children's Illustrated Books 140 Sarah McConnell Part II Education and Research 161 7 Illustrators: Collaborative Problem Solvers in Three Environments 163 Susan Hagan 8 What is the Nature of Illustration Expertise? 185 David Blaiklock 9 The Illustrator as Visual Problem Solver: A Deconstruction of Conceptual Strategies for the Contemporary Illustrator 199 Sue Clarke 10 Design for Life: Research Methods, Design Thinking, and Authorial Illustration Practice 229 Stephanie Black 11 Putting Theory into Practice 250 Mario Minichiello Part III Context 275 12 How Illustration Works: Exploring a Model of Editorial Illustration in Print and Online Media 277 Nanette Hoogslag 13 Shifting Authorship: The Illustrator's Role in Contemporary Book Illustration: Decision-Making with Depictive, Augmenting, and Appropriational Strategies: Illustration: Concept of Diffusion vs. Innovation 305 Franziska Walther 14 Illustration: On the Epistemic Potential of Active Imagination in Science 330 Kathrin Mira Amelung 15 The Symbiotic Dilemma of the Children's Picture Book Maker in a Polymathic World 354 Karenanne Knight 16 Framing Questions and Modes of Inquiry in Illustration Process and Critique 378 Robert Brinkerhoff 17 The Inquiring Eye: Illustration and the Production of Knowledge 400 Patricia Likos Ricci 18 The Meaning of Illustration in Early Nineteenth-Century America 422 Christopher J. Lukasik 19 Historical and Philosophical Relations Between the Uncanny and Illustration 444 Carolyn Shapiro 20 The Fabrica of Vesalius: A Semiotic Analysis 467 Alan Young Part IV Contemporary and Post-Contemporary Practice 493 21 Future Dialogs for Illustration 495 Roderick Mills 22 Developing Creativity in a Polymathic Environment 515 Andrew Hall 23 The Polymath Principle in the Twenty-First Century 554 Alice A. Carter 24 Race, Perception, and Responsibility in Illustration 570 Robyn Phillips-Pendleton 25 Understanding Illustration - Process, Perception, and Profession: The Legitimacy 600 Jo Davies Index 623
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