Sentence examples for illustrations against from inspiring English sources

Working with his wife, Eileen, who makes her picture book debut, Marc Rosenthal places hugely appealing retro-cartoon illustrations against a spare backdrop.

Looking first at the wider economy of images circulating through the works of naturalists in seventeenth century Europe, this thesis provides a reading of Kircher's illustrations against the backdrop of the epistemological status of scientific images of their time.

The volumes with 107 jewel-like illustrations against backgrounds of pure gold leaf were probably made in Flanders in the early 14th century for the Baron de Rochefoucauld while he was a representative of the French king.

"It is a message of love — very pure, very simple," said Raf Simons backstage of his ode to the artist, which set off the rounded softness of the illustrations against the clean, geometric lines of an elongated tunic top or a streamlined polo shirt.

His process, which foreshadowed his later work, involved pressing wet ink illustrations against adjoining paper.

The redesigned card added lots of color and whimsical illustrations of flamingos against a backdrop of palm trees.

Its so-called 'Google doodle' homepage icon has been updated to show illustrations of athletes against a rainbow-coloured backdrop - a symbol of the gay rights movement.

A graphic novel is woven throughout and together with photographs, and full-color illustrations creates an effective warning against a future in which tuna sandwiches are replaced by jellyfish salad.

Through a series of biting vignettes, accompanied by his own illustrations, Souvestre (1806-54) scores points against the naïve utopians of his own day by recounting the follies of the self-absorbed citizens of the Republic of United Interests in the year 3000.

The accurate and intricately detailed illustrations, often in allegorical poses against Italianate landscapes, are thought to have been made by the artist Jan van Calcar, a pupil of Titian.

Ed Young, the distinguished illustrator who won the Caldecott Medal for "Lon Po Po," gets top billing, and his stark, bold paper-collage illustrations -- the boy's set against black paper, the dog's against primary-color backgrounds -- are striking, if perhaps too stylized for most children.