Fairy Tale, illustration, animation and theater: Beauty and the Beast

January 23, 2018

Walter Crane's picture book digitized by Internet Archive or by the Smithsonian

While discussing this fairy tale, we will look at how the ideas about good illustration, book design changed and how the aesthetics of the illustration were affected by the technology. At the same time, we will continue to unpack how the illustratio… — While discussing this fairy tale, we will look at how the ideas about good illustration, book design changed and how the aesthetics of the illustration were affected by the technology. At the same time, we will continue to unpack how the illustrations relate to the story as it is told and retold. Great Books Foundation has a version of this book that you can download and read.

Anna Brøndum Ancher

1859-1935

Ancher experimented in many different styles during the course of her professional career. Her use of color is always brilliant. One might consider Ancher's signature painted element to be the way that depicted light rises off the surface of the walls.