Art History for Comics: Past, Present and Potential Futures (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels 1st ed. 2022)
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Ian Horton (Author) Maggie Gray (Author)
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This book looks at comics through the lens of Art History, examining the past influence of art-historical methodologies on comics scholarship to scope how they can be applied to Comics Studies in the present and future. It unearths how early comics scholars deployed art-historical approaches, including stylistic analysis, iconography, Cultural History and the social history of art, and proposes how such methodologies, updated in light of disciplinary developments within Art History, could be usefully adopted in the study of comics today. Through a series of indicative case studies of British and American comics like Eagle, The Mighty Thor, 2000AD, Escape and Heartbreak Hotel, it argues that art-historical methods better address overlooked aspects of visual and material form. Bringing Art History back into the interdisciplinary nexus of comics scholarship raises some fundamental questions about the categories, frameworks and values underlying contemporary Comics Studies. 24 Illustrations, color; 28 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 241 p. 52 illus., 24 illus. in color.
About the Author
Ian Horton is Reader in Graphic Communication and a founder member of the Comics Research Hub (CoRH!!) at the University of the Arts London, UK. He is associate editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and his research focuses on comic books, graphic design and illustration.Maggie Gray is Senior Lecturer in Critical & Historical Studies at Kingston University, UK, specializing in comics, cartooning, and visual narrative. She is author of Alan Moore, Out from the Underground: Cartooning, Performance and Dissent (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
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- Contributor: Ian Horton
- Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN13: 9783031073557
- Number of Pages: 241
- Packaged Dimensions: 155x235mm
- Packaged Weight: 403
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
- Release Date: 2023-09-22
- Series: Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Ian Horton is Reader in Graphic Communication and a founder member of the Comics Research Hub (CoRH!!) at the University of the Arts London, UK. He is associate editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and his research focuses on comic books, graphic design and illustration.Maggie Gray is Senior Lecturer in Critical & Historical Studies at Kingston University, UK, specializing in comics, cartooning, and visual narrative. She is author of Alan Moore, Out from the Underground: Cartooning, Performance and Dissent (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).
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