It's the sub-title - How Illustrators are ''Made'' - that gives the key to this unique book. The plates here are so beautiful that the book stands on its own for aficionados of cutting-edge illustration. But we've never seen a text like this, a collection of essays and dialogs teaching the art of illustration from the faculty of the esteemed Lucern School of Art & Design in Switzerland. Illustration is a special art because it depends on the text or concept it is meant to illuminate. This substantial volume presents the viewer not just with illustrations, ''but also with the context and motives leading to their creation,'' writes Pierre Thome, head of the Department of Illustration at the school. He stresses that the art is presented in full format and extended picture runs, ''as illustrations shown out of context can't do justice to the original concept - like an overture being reduced to a ring tone.''The introduction points out that art of illustration runs from ancient Roman...

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