A Study of the Taiwan Illustrator Works Selected in Bologna Children's Book Fair-Illustrator Exhibition

Autor: Mei-Feng Yeh, 葉美鳳
Rok vydání: 2012
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 101
The foundations of Art history about 2000 to 3000 illustrators from more than forty countries enter Bologna Children's Book Fair-Illustrator Exhibition. After election, only about 80 of fiction and non-fiction illustrators can be selected, so this exhibition is called "The Oscar Academy Award of Illustration." According to the 2011 record of Taiwan school web page affair, one to six illustrators are selected to earn the honor every since 1989. By entering this exhibition, not only Taiwanese illustrators, illustrations and publishers can be seen around the world, but the standard of local illustrations will be improved by Taiwanese illustrators and editors. The purpose of this study focuses on the Taiwanese art works that are selected in the exhibition; through methods of this study included literary analysis and content analysis, to discuss deeply about the quality and style of the illustrations that have been selected and the connection of the developement of Taiwanese children's book. Moreover, the study can offer people who love illustrations to understand the art work selected in the exhibition more and offer illustrators other creative ways and improve the number and quality of Taiwanese illustration creation in the future. The conclusions of this study are the following: 1) The qualities of the Taiwanese illustrators' illustrations selected in the exhibition are taking people as topics, using multiple materials, free skills application, showing realistic forms, and showing maturity in illustrative forms; 2) The styles of selected art work in the exhibition of Taiwanese illustrators are mostly compound, "adultlike", decoration first in the strategies by which apporoached "childlike" styles; 3) The connections between Taiwanese illustrators who are selected in Bologna Children's Book Fair-Illustration Exhibition and the developement of Taiwanese children's book are as follow: 1) A cooperative relationship among publishers; 2) The presentation of publishers' taste; 3) An opportunity for unpublished illustrations to earn the honor; 4) The cultural encouragement of government policy; and 5) An international show case for Taiwanese children's books.
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