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Lädt ... Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art and Design (2015)von Edward Gorey, Edward Gorey (Illustrator), Steven Heller
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Edward Gorey initially illustrated paperback covers and dust jackets for the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James and Charles Dickens, establishing a pen-and-ink hand-lettered style that would challenge prevailing American publishing standards and help define his publisher's visual identity. Gorey's prodigious output of hundreds of dust jackets and paperback covers evidences his distinctive flair for design and his extraordinary ability to portray the essence of the books that come his way. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)741.6The arts Graphic arts and decorative arts Drawing & drawings Graphic design, illustration, commercial artKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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The short text at the beginning is adequate, but a fuller volume with more discussion would have appealed to me (if not to all). I was pleased to learn about Gorey's debt to Edward Ardizzione, if only because it reminded me who Edward Ardizzione is ... in my opinion, the high-water mark of Children's book illustration (I prefer gentle and illustrative to showy and garish) are his charming black-and-whites, as well as those of Pat Marriott (for Joan Aiken's novels), Pauline Baynes, Garth Williams, and Robin Jacques. (Maurice Sendak is a genius and in his own category!)
Several of the books illustrated were unknown to me, but looked like my kind of thing—so now I've also found a new source of reading material, as apparently the editor of Anchor Books and I have similar taste.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). ( )