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Why Are Pictures So Powerful? Pictures reach audiences more directly than text alone. They communicate the author’s tone and approach to the subject, and enhance our understanding and enjoyment of the text. Illustrations explain complicated ideas at a glance and even teach those who cannot read.
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A history of book illustration: 29 points of view. Edited by...
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A bibliography on the history of botanical illustration; An...
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Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration A...
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Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration A...
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Chicago: Privately printed for Container Corporation of America, 1953. This atlas uses an innovative graphic approach to present information, including the use of maps, pictorial statistics, and line drawings overlaid on the text. From the Information : Illustrating_the_World section of the exhibition. More Views.
Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration. Through historic illustrations, viewers of the exhibit are able to see what inspires and drives graphic art. Andreas Vesalius, an early physician and progressive scientist, wrote the book "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" (1543) with illustrations of the human body showing muscles pulled back to see ...
Illustrations of geography and travel bring the world to readers between the pages of a book. [View Books] Illustrating Natural History At the end of the 18th century, a growing popular interest in natural history resulted in an increase of illustrated field guides and collectors' manuals.
Through 40 rare books from the Smithsonian Institution's libraries, as well as objects from the museum's Graphic Arts Division, this exhibition explores the power of pictures and book illustrations by answering the following questions: Why are pictures so powerful? Pictures influence, inform, and inspire us in many ways.
The Power of Book Illustration. Closed. This exhibition showcases the richness of illustrated books through history. Pictures influence, inform and inspire in many ways. They add beauty, color and life to the printed page, offering a feast for the eye as well as food for the mind.
Visitors may explore the power of pictures through 40 featured rare books from the Smithsonian Libraries' collections in science, history This exhibition showcases the richness of illustrated books through history.
