Word & image
Subtitle: art, books and design : from the National Art Library
By: edited by Rowan Watson, Elizabeth James and Julius Bryant
Contributors: National Art Library (Great Britain); Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: V&A Publishing, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.  Distributed in the U.S.A. by Abrams, New York.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781851778089
Subjects: Catalogs; Public libraries; Book design; National Art Library (Great Britain); Illustration of books; History
Other titles: Art, books and design from the National Art Library
Description: This book celebrates Britain's National Art Library, the first of what was a new kind of museum library, formed in the 19th century by and for artists, designers, and artisans; and intensively used by them and later by the public. Here are more than 100 objects that have helped to define and redefine the subject and scope of the history of the fine and decorative arts, from a 15th-century book of hours to George Cruikshank's studies of Fagin for Oliver Twist to an Yves Saint Laurent design for the House of Dior and Bill Brandt's photos, Word and Image explores some of the world's finest examples of books.
Notes: "This publication accompanies the first international touring exhibition of treasures from the National Art Library."--Page 7.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreword; title: A reader's foreword; title: 'Word and image' : the evolution of the Victoria and Albert Museum's library / Julius Bryant; title: The growth of the library collection, 1837-1909 / Rowan Watson; title: Collecting the art and design of the book after 1909 / Elizabeth James; title: Art, Books and Design from the National Art Library. Introduction ; 1. Resources for art and design education ; 2. Making images : the illustrator at work ; 3. Designers, aesthetes and the 'book beautiful' ; 4. The impact of photography ; 5. Promoting commercial art : the initiative of 1936 ; 6. The fashion archive ; 7. Modern artists and the book; title: Timeline.