500 Years of Illustration From Albrecht Dürer to Rockwell Kent

For the working artist and student alike, this is an unrivaled treasury of the methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators of the past from the dawn of printing to the 20th century. Featuring works by Goya, Hogarth, Durer, Morris, Dore, Beardsley, and others, this carefully chosen compendium will serve as a reference as well as a delightful browsing book.

Howard Simon (1902–79) was a nationally renowned painter in oils and watercolors and an illustrator who worked in sketches and woodcut prints. Simon's works were exhibited at the Smithsonian and other museums, and he was a member of the art faculty of New York University for 20 years.

Part One: The Past In the Beginning Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein the Younger William Hogarth William Blake Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Thomas Bewick Thomas Rowlandson George Cruikshank Phiz John Leech Randolph Caldecott John Tenniel Sir William Schwenk Gilbert Aubrey Beardsley William Morris Edward Calvert Charles Henry Bennett Adrian Ludwig Richter Adolph Menzel Honoré Daumier Henri Toulouse-Lautrec Gustave Doré Part Two: The Present Modern France Modern Germany Modern Poland Modern Russia Modern Italy Modern Belgium Modern Holland Modern Mexico Modern Great Britain The United States Index