عنوان

Once upon a time :

(Number (ISBN

156898541X (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

1568985649 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Number

b518081

Title Proper

Once upon a time :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

illustrations from fairytales, fables, primers, pop-ups and other children's books /

First Statement of Responsibility

Amy Weinstein

Edition Statement

1st ed

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton Architectural Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2005

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 179 p. :

Other Physical Details

chiefly col. ill. ;

Dimensions

32 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179)

Text of Note

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- To amuse and instruct: an introduction to illustrated children's books -- From apple to Zouave: learning the ABCs -- Through the air on a very fine gander: gems from of Mother Goose -- Once upon a time: fairytales and fables -- Fact and fiction: novels, history books, and anthologies -- 'Twas the night before: Christmas books -- Virtue and vice: cautionary tales for the nursery

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Text of Note

This volume uses colorful images from Victorian-era illustrated books to provide a survey of their art and the rise of children's literature. Full color plates accent descriptions which include story plot summaries and commentary of the different works. In brief introductions to each of the main genres, the author refers to each genres influences, conventions, and aims of the artists. This book contains a selection of nineteenth-and very early twentieth-century American children's book images from the collection of Ellen and Arthur Linman; the vast majorities are taken from the publications of McLoughlin Brothers in New York, which was active in juvenile publishing from 1850 to 1905. From the Publisher: Many of our most cherished childhood memories recall the pleasure of sitting in a big comfy chair while a doting parent reads from a lovingly illustrated picture book. Jack and the Bean Stalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Robinson Crusoe-the colorful illustrations that decorated the pages of these stories remain forever captured in the mind's eye. Once Upon a Time reawakens the joys of childhood reading, of seeing a story come alive in words and pictures on the printed page-and in our nascent imaginations. Drawing upon the extraordinary collection of Victorian-era illustrated books amassed by Arthur and Ellen Liman, it presents fairy tales and fables, nursery rhymes, instructional books, juvenile fiction, histories, and manners manuals. Created through a variety of illustration techniques and printing processes, most are beautifully colored. Many are also animated with moveable parts. These striking objects are accompanied by brief texts that place them within their era and illuminate the rise of children's literature in America as a cultural phenomenon related to the growth of literacy, an increase in leisure time, and an understanding of the "infant mind." The moral of this story: learning your ABCs can be a visual pleasure.

Liman, Arthur L.-- Art collections

Liman, Ellen-- Art collections

Illustrated books-- Private collections-- United States

Illustrated children's books-- United States

Illustration of books-- United States-- 19th century

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Weinstein, Amy,1957-

Date of Transaction

20050923152619.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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