Sing a Song for Sixpence by Brian Alderson
To commemorate the centenary of the death of the artist and illustrator Randolph Caldecott, Brian Alderson, noted historian of children's literature and children's book editor of The Times, has prepared for the British Library an exhibition designed to pay tribute to Caldecott's skills as a creator of picture books, which will run from October 1986. This book, incorporating a catalogue of the exhibition, with its many illustrations in colour and black and white, both demonstrates Caldecott's genius and provides a brief critical history of an important area of children's book publishing. Comedy, storytelling and graphic exuberance are all part of the great tradition of book illustration that runs from Hogarth and Rowlandson down to the present day, and Caldecott's special genius was to have embodied these qualities in the subjects he chose. Together with an appraisal of those who influenced Caldecott and the effect he had on later generations of illustrators, Brian Alderson explains the relationship between pictures and text, techniques (wood-cuts, wood-engraving, intaglio printing), the effect of industrialisation on the picture book and the subsequent development of book illustration.
Alderson, Brian: - Brian Alderson is an international authority in the field of children's literature. His research interests lie in the history of childrenü¾™†”¼s books and of book illustration. He is editor and translator of a number of classic childrenü¾™†”¼s literary works, and for his contribution to the genre, he won the Eleanor Farjeon Award. As childrenü¾™†”¼s books editor for The Times of London, he is actively involved in the criticism of childrenü¾™†”¼s literature. He has lectured on childrenü¾™†”¼s literature at what is now the University of North London, where he became involved in the British Studies Program of the University of Southern Mississippi. The University of Southern Mississippiü¾™†”¼s de Grummond Collection is the sole repository for the Ezra Jack Keats archive. Holdings include manuscripts, typescripts, sketches, dummies, illustrations, and proofs for 37 books written and/or illustrated by Keats. Also included are his personal papers, personal and professional correspondence, fan mail and artwork from children, photographs, and childhood memorabilia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521337601 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521337607 |
| Title | Sing a Song for Sixpence |
| Author | Brian Alderson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1986-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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