British wood-engraved book illustration, 1904-1940 : a break with tradition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Selborne, Joanna
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:	Clarendon studies in the history of art.
Subjects:	Wood-engraving, British > 20th century. Illustration of books > Great Britain > 20th century. Illustrated books > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Artists' illustrated books > Great Britain. Gravure sur bois britannique > 20e siècle. Illustration des livres > Grande-Bretagne > 20e siècle. Livres illustrés > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle. Livres d'art > Grande-Bretagne. Artists' illustrated books. Illustrated books. Illustration of books. Wood-engraving, British. Great Britain. Holzschnitt Illustration Illustrator Großbritannien Illustraties. Houtsneden. Artists' illustrated books > Great Britain Illustrated books > Great Britain > History > 20th century Illustration of books > Great Britain > 20th century Wood-engraving, British > 20th century Illustration des livres > Grande-Bretagne > 1900-1945. Gravure sur bois > Grande-Bretagne > 1900-1945. 1900-1999 Geschichte 1904-1940 History.
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Table of Contents:

pt. I. The Background. 1. Wood-Engraving and Wood-Engravers. 2. The Role of Illustration. 3. The English Tradition: Historical Background up to c.1900. 1. Early English Woodcuts. 2. Thomas Bewick. 3. The Victorian Reproductive Engravers. 4. William Blake and Edward Calvert. 5. Joseph Crawhall, William Nicholson, and Edward Gordon Craig. 6. William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. 7. The Vale Group: Charles Ricketts, Lucien Pissarro, and Thomas Sturge Moore. 8. British and Continental Illustration around 1900
pt. II. Contemporary Influences on the Wood-Engraving Revival. 4. Pioneering Wood-Engravers, 1904-1920. 1. Early Teaching: Sydney Lee, Noel Rooke, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts.