Books with pictures have long been familiar to everyone. They are better perceived and more interesting, especially for children. These pictures for works are called illustrations. When the books were handwritten, drawings were also created by hand. It was very expensive and not accessible to everyone. With the advent of typography, such books have become increasingly popular. So what is illustration? This is any drawing or image that explains or supplements the text of the work.
The term illustration can be understood in a broad or narrow sense. In a broad sense, this is any image that explains the text of a work. They help to understand what is said in the work, make the meaning the most imaginative and understandable. These can be scientific and educational drawings (for example, drawings, maps or diagrams)
or artistically shaped.
What is an illustration in the narrow sense of the word? These are pictures that explain the text, interpret it and help the reader better understand. Even before reading, they provide an opportunity to navigate the content of the work. There are many paintings by famous artists who have illustrated books. For example, canvases by O. Daumier for Cervantesโs novel Don Quixote.
Illustrator Artists
Many illustrations of artists are now perceived as independent works, although often their plot is incomprehensible in isolation from the text. After all, they must correspond to the content and complement it. The artist helps the reader better understand the text, introduce the characters and their surroundings. Usually he chooses a book that he likes and is close to his perception of the world. In addition, the illustrator needs to know a lot about the life and customs of people of that time, which is described in the book.
Illustrated works are better perceived and especially loved by children. Pictures attract attention and interest the reader. There are many famous artists who created illustrations for books. These are I. Bilibin, V. Lebedev, Yu. Vasnetsov, E. Charushin and many others. Such works develop the aesthetic taste of the child, teach him figurative thinking and instill a love of the book.
Types of Illustrations
And what is illustration in terms of the diversity of its species? The books contain many different drawings: these are engravings, etchings, facsimiles or lithographs. These are the names of the illustrations by the way they are transferred to paper. They differ in the place they occupy in the book.
At the beginning of a part or chapter, splash illustrations are placed. They help the reader tune into reading and create the appropriate mood in him. Inside the text are placed illustrations hollow, half-hollow, two-hollow or defense. There are still drawings in the fields. All these types help the reader better understand the work and present the events described. There are still ending illustrations that reflect the most important thing in the book, its main idea. Both screensavers and endings should be decorated in the same style.
Everyone who loves books knows what illustration is, but many of its forms are not familiar to many. For the design of works of art , capital letters are also used - colored capital letters at the beginning of the paragraph, painted with patterns and drawings, or vignettes - an ornament or plot composition in a circle.