Art History For Comics

Author : Maggie Gray,Ian Horton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9783030935078

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Seeing Comics through Art History by Maggie Gray,Ian Horton Pdf

This book explores what the methodologies of Art History might offer Comics Studies, in terms of addressing overlooked aspects of aesthetics, form, materiality, perception and visual style. As well as considering what Art History proposes of comic scholarship, including the questioning of some of its deep-rooted categories and procedures, it also appraises what comics and Comics Studies afford and ask of Art History. This book draws together the work of international scholars applying art-historical methodologies to the study of a range of comic strips, books, cartoons, graphic novels and manga, who, as well as being researchers, are also educators, artists, designers, curators, producers, librarians, editors, and writers, with some undertaking practice-based research. Many are trained art historians, but others come from, have migrated into, or straddle other disciplines, such as Comparative Literature, American Literature, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, and a range of subjects within Art & Design practice.

Author : Marion Augustin
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780823451609

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The History of Western Art in Comics Part One: From Prehistory to the Renaissance by Marion Augustin Pdf

Learning about art through the ages has never been as interesting or fun as in this humorous and very informative graphic novel. As two kids give their grandpa a tour of Paris, he starts an interesting conversation with them--about where all the art they see in their lives--from the movie house to the stadiums to museums and even the subway-- started. Dad's impromptu history lesson goes back to the first Cavemen drawings to the pyramids of Giza, and by the end of the book includes Greco-Roman feats of ingenuity and the frescoes of the Renaissance. Recounted as a narrative about why different civilizations created different kinds of art, centuries of art history are explored entertainingly for young readers. Iconic works, such as Donatello's David and The Book of Kells, are included as well as architectural feats like the Colosseum. Written by a tour guide for museums and historic landmarks, the text is designed to entertain (with many funny asides and jokes) as it informs. The illustrations accurately portray the art and the artists described, with flavor and humor added to keep readers turning the page. Reproductions of the featured artworks and information about each piece are included in the back, along with a glossary of terms.

Author : Bart Beaty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442696273

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Comics Versus Art by Bart Beaty Pdf

On the surface, the relationship between comics and the ‘high’ arts once seemed simple; comic books and strips could be mined for inspiration, but were not themselves considered legitimate art objects. Though this traditional distinction has begun to erode, the worlds of comics and art continue to occupy vastly different social spaces. Comics Versus Art examines the relationship between comics and the most important institutions of the art world, including museums, auction houses, and the art press. Bart Beaty's analysis centres around two questions: why were comics excluded from the history of art for most of the twentieth century, and what does it mean that comics production is now more closely aligned with the art world? Approaching this relationship for the first time through the lens of the sociology of culture, Beaty advances a completely novel approach to the comics form.

Author : Joseph Witek
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0878054065

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Comic Books as History by Joseph Witek Pdf

This first full-length scholarly study of comic books as a narrative form attempts to explain why comic books, traditionally considered to be juvenile trash literature, have in the 1980s been used by serious artists to tell realistic stories for adults

Author : Ian Horton,Maggie Gray
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 3031073525

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Art History for Comics by Ian Horton,Maggie Gray Pdf

This book looks at comics through the lens of Art History, examining the past influence of art-historical methodologies on comics scholarship to scope how they can be applied to Comics Studies in the present and future. It unearths how early comics scholars deployed art-historical approaches, including stylistic analysis, iconography, Cultural History and the social history of art, and proposes how such methodologies, updated in light of disciplinary developments within Art History, could be usefully adopted in the study of comics today. Through a series of indicative case studies of British and American comics like Eagle, The Mighty Thor, 2000AD, Escape and Heartbreak Hotel, it argues that art-historical methods better address overlooked aspects of visual and material form. Bringing Art History back into the interdisciplinary nexus of comics scholarship raises some fundamental questions about the categories, frameworks and values underlying contemporary Comics Studies.

Author : Fred Van Lente
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613774540

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Comic Book History of Comics by Fred Van Lente Pdf

For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form! The award-winning Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey turn their irreverent-but-accurate eye to the stories of Jack Kirby, R. Crumb, Harvey Kurtzman, Alan Moore, Stan Lee, Will Eisner, Fredric Wertham, Roy Lichtenstein, Art Spiegelman, Herge, Osamu Tezuka - and more! Collects Comic Book Comics #1-6.

Author : Robert C. Harvey
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0878056742

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The Art of the Funnies by Robert C. Harvey Pdf

The comic strip was created by rival newspapers of the Hearst and the Pulitzer organizations as a device for increasing circulation. In the United States it quickly became an institution that soon spread worldwide as a favorite form of popular culture. What made the comic strip so enduring? This fascinating study by one of the few comics critics to develop sound critical principles by which to evaluate the comics as works of art and literature unfolds the history of the funnies and reveals the subtle art of how the comic strip blends words and pictures to make its impact. Together, these create meaning that neither conveys by itself. The Art of The Funnies offers a critical vocabulary for the appreciation of the newspaper comic strip as an art form and shows that full awareness of the artistry comes from considering both the verbal and the visual elements of the medium. The techniques of creating a comic strip - breaking down the narrative, composition of the panel, planning the layout - have remained constant since comic strips were originated. Since 1900 with Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland key cartoonists have relied on the union of words and pictures to give the funnies their continuing appeal. This art has persisted in such milestone achievements as Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff, George McManus's Bringing Up Father, Sidney Smith's The Gumps, Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie, Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Zack Mosley's Smilin' Jack, Harold Foster's Tarzan, Alex Raymond's Secret Agent X-9, Jungle Jim, and Flash Gordon, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, E. C. Segar's Popeye, George Herriman's Krazy Kat, and Walt Kelly's Pogo. In morerecent times with Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey, Charles Schulz's Peanuts. Johnny Hart's B.C., T.K. Ryan's Tumbleweeds, Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, and Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes, the artform has evolved with new developments, yet the aesthetics of the funnies remain basic. The Art of The Funnies unearths new information and weighs the influence of syndication upon the medium. Though the funnies go in ever new directions, perceiving the interdependency of words and pictures, as this book shows, remains the key to understanding the art.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 0271038373

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The Aesthetics of Comics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kim A. Munson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496828101

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Comic Art in Museums by Kim A. Munson Pdf

Contributions by Kenneth Baker, Jaqueline Berndt, Albert Boime, John Carlin, Benoit Crucifix, David Deitcher, Michael Dooley, Damian Duffy, M. C. Gaines, Paul Gravett, Diana Green, Karen Green, Doug Harvey, Charles Hatfield, M. Thomas Inge, Leslie Jones, Jonah Kinigstein, Denis Kitchen, John A. Lent, Dwayne McDuffie, Andrei Molotiu, Alvaro de Moya, Kim A. Munson, Cullen Murphy, Gary Panter, Trina Robbins, Rob Salkowitz, Antoine Sausverd, Art Spiegelman, Scott Timberg, Carol Tyler, Brian Walker, Alexi Worth, Joe Wos, and Craig Yoe Through essays and interviews, Kim A. Munson’s anthology tells the story of the over-thirty-year history of the artists, art critics, collectors, curators, journalists, and academics who championed the serious study of comics, the trends and controversies that produced institutional interest in comics, and the wax and wane and then return of comic art in museums. Audiences have enjoyed displays of comic art in museums as early as 1930. In the mid-1960s, after a period when most representational and commercial art was shunned, comic art began a gradual return to art museums as curators responded to the appropriation of comics characters and iconography by such famous pop artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. From the first-known exhibit to show comics in art historical context in 1942 to the evolution of manga exhibitions in Japan, this volume regards exhibitions both in the United States and internationally. With over eighty images and thoughtful essays by Denis Kitchen, Brian Walker, Andrei Molotiu, Paul Gravett, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, and Charles Hatfield, among others, this anthology shows how exhibitions expanded the public dialogue about comic art and our expectation of “good art”—displaying how dedicated artists, collectors, fans, and curators advanced comics from a frequently censored low-art medium to a respected art form celebrated worldwide.

Author : Thierry Smolderen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781617039096

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The Origins of Comics by Thierry Smolderen Pdf

In The Origins of Comics: From William Hogarth to Winsor McCay, Thierry Smolderen presents a cultural landscape whose narrative differs in many ways from those presented by other historians of the comic strip. Rather than beginning his inquiry with the popularly accepted "sequential art" definition of the comic strip, Smolderen instead wishes to engage with the historical dimensions that inform that definition. His goal is to understand the processes that led to the twentieth-century comic strip, the highly recognizable species of picture stories that he sees crystallizing around 1900 in the United States. Featuring close readings of the picture stories, caricatures, and humoristic illustrations of William Hogarth, Rodolphe Töpffer, Gustave Doré, and their many contemporaries, Smolderen establishes how these artists were immersed in a very old visual culture in which images--satirical images in particular--were deciphered in a way that was often described as hieroglyphical. Across eight chapters, he acutely points out how the effect of the printing press and the mass advent of audiovisual technologies (photography, audio recording, and cinema) at the end of the nineteenth century led to a new twentieth-century visual culture. In tracing this evolution, Smolderen distinguishes himself from other comics historians by following a methodology that explains the present state of the form of comics on the basis of its history, rather than presenting the history of the form on the basis of its present state. This study remaps the history of this influential art form.

Author : John Carlin,Paul Karasik,Brian Walker,Stanley Crouch,Hammer Museum,Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300113174

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Masters of American Comics by John Carlin,Paul Karasik,Brian Walker,Stanley Crouch,Hammer Museum,Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pdf

Presents the work of America's most popular and influential comic artists, and includes critical essays accompanying each artist's drawings.

Author : Fredrik Strömberg
Publisher : Ilex Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : PSU:000067902408

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Comic Art Propaganda by Fredrik Strömberg Pdf

As one of the most simple, effective and powerful forms of communication, it comes as no surprise that comic art has been misappropriated by governments, self-interest groups, do-gooders and sinister organisations to spread their messages. World War Two comic book propaganda with Superman, Batman, and Captain America bashing up cartoon enemies was so ubiquitous that there was barely a US comic untainted by the war effort. And theres no shortage of examples from the other side of the globe. This book examines every kind of propaganda, and how positive or pernicious messages have been conveyed in the pages of comic books over the last 100 years. Subject areas include racism and xenophobia, antidrugs comics, pro-drugs comics and religious comics. Plus, there is a look at social programming; how gender roles were re-enforced in comic book stereotyping, and how comics broke free to produce a whole slew of gay superheroes, no matter how ham-fistedly written. This book is a fascinating global, visual history of some of the most contentious, outrageous, unbelievably unusual and politically charged comics ever published. Written by renowned comics historian and author, Fredrik Strömberg.

Author : Robert C. Harvey
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 0878057587

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The Art of the Comic Book by Robert C. Harvey Pdf

A history of the comic book, in which a noted cartoonist demonstrates the aesthetics and power of the medium

Author : Will Eisner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Art
ISBN : 0961472812

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Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner Pdf

The author discusses his ideas and theories and provides instructions on the art of graphic storytelling.

Author : Paul Gravett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 184976056X

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Comics Art by Paul Gravett Pdf

Comics are a uniquely autonomous art form, one that has its own rich traditions that have given rise to a remarkably vibrant contemporary scene. In this richly illustrated book, Paul Gravett traces the history of comics from the late 19th century right through to the huge current interest in manga and graphic novels and the explosion of comics on the Internet.