Reading Pictures: A History of Illustration

$60.00 at The Getty Museum.

A history of illustration from the beginning of popular print to the rise of mass literacy and into today’s age of digital media. Of all the visual arts, illustration shares a unique relationship with the written word, often serving to visualize, enhance, or respond to a text. Reading Pictures presents a global history of this versatile art form, linking its emergence to modern developments such as the illustrated news, recreational reading, and ad-driven consumer culture. From the advent of the printing…