The Appropriation of Fine Art into Contemporary Narrative Picturebooks

Autor/in	Serafini, Frank
Titel	The Appropriation of Fine Art into Contemporary Narrative Picturebooks
Quelle	In: Children's Literature in Education, 46 (2015) 4, S.438-453 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-6713
DOI	10.1007/s10583-015-9246-2
Schlagwörter	Picture Books; Childrens Literature; Fine Arts; Artists; Illustrations; Correlation; Photography; Folk Culture + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Bildende Kunst; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Bildliche Darstellung; Korrelation; Fotografie
Abstract	Many picturebook artists have been formally trained in specific artistic styles, movements, and techniques. These artists appropriate and transform works of fine art to varying degrees to fit the themes and designs of the stories they illustrate and publish, and to increase the significance and impact of their illustrations. The intertextual-intervisual associations among picturebook illustrations and works of fine art are important considerations for understanding the meaning potentials of the designs and illustrations of contemporary narrative picturebooks. This paper focuses on the appropriation and transformation of works of fine art into contemporary narrative picturebook illustrations. The analysis of numerous picturebooks asserts three forms of appropriation, namely: (1) reproduction, (2) transfiguration, (3) stylization. These three forms of appropriation may be further conceptualized as falling along a continuum ranging from "faithful reproductions" to "stylistic conventionalizations". "Reproduction" is conceptualized as a mimetic reproduction of an original work of fine art. It is a "faithful rendering" of an original artwork, most frequently achieved through a photographic or digital rendering process. In the second form of appropriation, "transfiguration", a single work of fine art is identifiable but the picturebook artist has transformed the image to fit the context and purpose of a particular picturebook narrative and design. In "stylization", a specific work of art is not readily identifiable, but a particular art movement, for example cubism, surrealism, or folk art is drawn upon by the illustrator. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01