History of Illustration

History of Illustration provides a global overview of illustration practices from before the development of written language to the digital age. As the first textbook on the topic, it fills significant gaps in the history of art and visual culture, and in the education of illustrators. Created by a team of educators, scholars, curators, and professional illustrators, each chapter has been written, edited, and reviewed by numerous experts. History of Illustration is a survey that introduces the student to a variety of international illustration traditions, theories of the visual, and reference material that provide a foundation for further research and study. In addition to the chronologies of subjects and of general print history and artists, Theme Boxes in each chapter offer succinct presentations of printing technology, cultural phenomena, and critical theory relevant to illustration. My contribution included theme boxes on numerous subjects, including Derrida, Berger, Foucault, Kant, Sontag, and Marx.

Calvert's contribution to this book consists of theme boxes which link the practice-based illustration work being discussed to a range topics from history of ideas, including various philosophies and media theory concepts, drawn from related critical theory.