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Subject Headings to Use
Subject Headings are keywords that are specifically legible within library catalogues. By clicking on the subject headings below you will be brought to our library catalogue, demonstrating how the phrasing of your search dictates dramtically what results you get!
Keywords for Methods
Drawing—Handbooks, manuals, etc
Children's Illustration
Illustrators
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Illustration Methods
The selection of items below are just the tip of the iceberg to our collection on illustration methods, illustrators, conceots of illustrations etc. Use the subject headings on the left hand side to continue your search!
- Gannon, R. and Fauchon, M. (2021) Illustration research methods. London, UK: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
- Salisbury, M. (2022) Drawing for illustration. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
- Zeegen, L. (2020) The fundamentals of illustration. 3rd edition. London, UK: Bloomsbury Visual Arts.
- Abling, B. and Maggio, K. (2009) Integrating draping, drafting, and drawing. New York: Fairchild Books.
Children's Illustration
Illustrated Children's Book
- Steiner, E. (1999) Stories for little comrades : revolutionary artists and the making of early Soviet children’s books. . Translated by J.A. Miller. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- Cave, R. and Ayad, S. (2017) A history of children’s books in 100 books. Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books.
- Salisbury, M. et al. (2012) Children’s picturebooks : the art of visual storytelling. London: Laurence King Publishing.
- Nodelman, P. (1988) Words about pictures : the narrative art of children’s picture books. Athens: University of Georgia Press.
Illustrators
Illustrators
- Gravett, P. and Jansson, T. (2022) Tove Jansson. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.
- Fortey, R. et al. (2021) Beatrix Potter : drawn to nature. Edited by A. Bilclough. London: V&A Publishing.
- Satrapi, M. (2006) Persepolis : the story of a childhood and the story of a return. London: Vintage.
- Uglow, J. and Blake, Q. (2022) The Quentin Blake book : with more than 300 illustrations. London: Thames & Hudson.
Nature and Medical Illustrations
Nature and Medical Illustrations
- Barnett, R. et al. (2014) The sick rose, or, Disease and the art of medical illustration. London: Thames & Hudson.
- Male, A. (2017) Illustration : a theoretical and contextual perspective. Second edition. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
- Netter, F.H. et al. (1983) The Ciba collection of medical illustrations. [New ed.]. West Caldwell, NJ: Commissioned and published by Ciba.
- McGrath, R. (2002) Seeing her sex : medical archives and the female body. Manchester, UK, New York: Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave.
- Weekes, T.C. (2018) Observe, research, create : case studies in natural history illustration PhD projects. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Research Networks.
- Kennedy, P. (2021) The bird : the great age of avian illustration. London: Laurence King Publishing.
- Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (France) (2016) The art of natural history : botanical illustrations, ornithological drawings, and other masterpieces from the age of exploration. Edited by P. Heurtel and M. Lenoir. Translated by M. Stevens. New York, NY, Paris: Rizzoli International Publications ; Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
- Bynum, H. and Bynum, W.F. (2017) Botanical sketchbooks. London: Thames & Hudson.