Sentence examples for literary illustrations from inspiring English sources

With its cinematic perspective and linear patterning, the canvas is stylistically related to his later literary illustrations.

But others exist as stand-alone works of art, intended not only as literary illustrations or poster designs but as independent compositions.

Peter Edlund's antique-looking oil paintings echo scenes from Dickinson's poems, some relating to plants in the gardens, others to animals, but they are more than literary illustrations — they are homage paid through a fresh work of art.

It seems an apt phrase for Boucher, too, less for the quantity of his output than for the loving touch that he brought to every genre of drawing, including landscapes, pastoral scenes, religious narratives and literary illustrations, and of course nudes.

But I'm impressed by Wall's bravery in tackling literary illustration, perhaps the single most despised genre in the lexicon of modern art.

I am inclined to say that at many junctures Ms. Dill's work is less art than extremely effective literary illustration.

Supplemented by commissions for other publications, Hergé illustrated a number of texts for "The Children's Corner" and the literary pages; the illustrations of this period show his interest in woodcuts and the early prototype of his ligne claire style.

Assembled from the museum's collections, the show includes portraits by academic and folk artists, figure drawings, historical and literary narratives, scientific illustrations and landscapes.

I have read Lewis Hyde's "The Gift," and participated in a gift economy for 20 years, swapping zines and minicomics with friends and colleagues, contributing to little literary magazines, doing illustrations for bands and events and causes, posting a decade's worth of cartoons and essays on my Web site free of charge.

Four illustrations showing literary artifacts such as the "Madeleines" of Marcel Proust.

Full of witty literary references and glorious illustrations, it's a stylish, gothic jewel.