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A Thousand Words: Celebrating The Power Of Visual Language In Picture Books, Emilie Gill
A Thousand Words: Celebrating The Power Of Visual Language In Picture Books, Emilie Gill
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
In a culture which depends heavily on verbal and written communication to satisfactorily interact with our peers, communicative formats such as picture books are often categorized as being accessible only for immature audiences who cannot understand text without the assistance of pictures. The assumption that these ‘children’s stories’ do not contain intellectually stimulating messages can result in many voices and perspectives going unrealized. On the contrary, successful picture books combine multiple language techniques through text, image, color, and style to portray often daunting themes and emotions to a range of audiences who might not have received them or accepted them …
The Paper Zoo: 500 Years Of Animals In Art By Charlotte Sleigh, Gina M. Granter
The Paper Zoo: 500 Years Of Animals In Art By Charlotte Sleigh, Gina M. Granter
The Goose
Review of Charlotte Sleigh's The Paper Zoo: 500 Years of Animals in Art.
The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd
The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd
The Goose
Review of Robert Priest's The Wolf is Back.
A Par/Ergon For Poe: Arthur Rackham And The Fin De Siècle Illustrators, Jessica M. Slayton
A Par/Ergon For Poe: Arthur Rackham And The Fin De Siècle Illustrators, Jessica M. Slayton
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
This project began in Dr. Anthony Magistrale’s graduate seminar focused on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. It is the result of our common interests in Poe’s textual canon, and furthermore in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century illustrative works that were inspired by it. After performing significant research, the conclusion was reached that despite the extensive collection of visual works, catalogued by Burton Pollin, little work had been done that actually explored the relationship between these works and the text. I found myself asking what role this canon of illustrations played in shaping the public understanding of and reception towards the …