Thursday, October 6, 2011

The Golden Age of Illustration

     This week we will hold off on our What was, What is, and That Which Always Shall Be. I’m waiting to give you anymore historical info at this point because I’m going to give you a History of American Illustration Aptitude Test this week. Incidentally, the acronym for a History of American Illustration Aptitude Test is HAIAT! Which is also the sound you make when you karate chop someone in the neck. But the test itself is not painful at all. It’s not even graded. I just want to get an idea of how much you know about the topic. But next time we'll have a post about the Golden Age of American Illustration. Did you know that we had one? Well, we did. Here is a picture by one of the most popular artists of the Golden Age. We’ll talk about him later.


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2 comments:

  1. Eric BrockOctober 20, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2kYwze/www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-book-surgeon-15-pieces

    I dont know about the rest of you, but i personally feel like we're in a golden age of illustration right here and now. Take the website stumbleupon for instance. Never before has there been such a powerful way of obtaining and distributing information. And even though sites like these have become commonplace in our lives and we often take them for granted, the staggering amount of information that we have access to at a moments notice still amazes me to try to wrap my head around. The link above, for example, I was able to find within like 2 minutes of logging on, that without the internet, could have taken days to access the same information. Honestly if this isnt a golden age of illustration, then i have a really hard time imagining what is, right?

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  2. Lucretia SeabrookNovember 14, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    I very much agree. It is not only the internet that makes this age one of great and numerous illustrations. I believe it is also the sheer amount of advertising we see on a daily basis. Because most of it is visual and inescapable, one views tons of different artwork and styles daily without even realizing it.

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