The trope is The Noble Savage. In the 3 examples that follow the baseline for the Noble Savage stereotype shown below, the noble savage stereotype represents the American Indian who is lives in harmony with the natural world. He is primitive and untouched by the world of the civilized human. More often than not, Noble…
To simplify it into one word, my first impression of this book was “intrigue”. This book stood out to me because it’s something I’ve never seen before. In my experience, books tend to have the same two commonalities: purpose and practicality. Purpose being either to inform or to entertain and regardless of purpose, the typical…
Part 1 For my special collections assignment I chose The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. The edition I analyzed was published in 1897. My first impression of the book was amazement at the amount of detail on each page. The cover was a shiny gold material with what appeared to be a Celtic cross. I…
When examining the 1842 publication of Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic by John Gibson Lockhart, my first visual impressions were an appreciation for the ornate details. As could be seen immediately by the cover page, much thought, effort, and material had gone into printing such incredible work. The sheer amount of color, as well…
Out of all of the books available at the Special Collections library, the book Het boek van PTT stood out to me the most. Designed by Piet Zwart and released in 1938, its yellowed front cover with an intriguing graphic design (a mix of crude illustration with photography and minimalist color) caught my attention immediately.…
Le mots en liberté futuristes Listening to the lectures and seeing pictures of the books on a screen was one thing but having those same books at one’s fingertips was another. Oddly enough, I was drawn to Les mots en liberté futuristes, by F.T. Marinetti. I say oddly for when looking at Futurism in the…
As I walked around the Special Collections exhibit, the book that caught my eye was The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer. The book was most prominently eye catching due to its size and, upon closer inspection, the intricate designs covering almost every page (which after some research I…
The book from the Special Collections visit that I chose to talk about is Damn everything but the Circus: a lot of things put together. This book was published in 1970 by Sister Corita. When trying to decide which book I wanted to start with, this was the first one to catch my eye. I…
SWEET’S FILE (Sections 15-20) Upon first viewing the book, I was intrigued by the bright colors and the highly designed pages. I found the book’s ability to fit a lot of information onto a page in a manner that wasn’t overwhelming, and that also didn’t utilize tiny, barely legible text, very impressive. I also loved…
Have you ever come across a piece of media that took you back in time? “Works. A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer”, by Geoffrey Chaucer was that piece of media for me. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published by The World Publishing Company in Cleveland and New York around the 1950s. This…
The book that I chose for this assignment is “Het boek van PTT”, by Piet Zwart. After walking around the special collections room at Hill library, I noticed this colorful book in the corner. I am not a design major, but I could immediately appreciate the work done on this book. The book is dated…
My first impression of the Jakuchū Goja is from far away, where I see simple shapes against a black background. When I come closer, I notice the incredible detail on the designs, and I am suddenly drawn in, almost like hypnosis, seeking out every minute detail of the flowers on the page I see. Then, I…
God’s Man is a wordless novel that was published in 1929 by the American artist Lynd Ward. This was also the first American wordless novel. This novel is made up entirely of woodcuts, and the novel also tells a story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. When I first…
The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” couldn’t ring more true for Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore’s captivating book The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects. This work focuses on how technology is changing patterns of our everyday lives. One of the first things that drew me to this book was…
The book I chose was Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic by John Gibson Lockhart (1842). My first visual impression was that this book is pristine and it looks like a luxury item. It is a breathtaking masterpiece of a book and it gave me chills just to look at it. Every inch of the…