So I had to go with this piece of my blog for many reasons. For one it being the first illustrated book is within itself makes it a piece of history. Myself being a design student and all you realize how much illustrations can really help convey what you're trying to say so much better. Although when I first looked at this piece I didn't think it was about a king dreaming of all the people pleading for his help. I thought that all these men were coming to kill the king in his sleep. Especially with the picture of the knights it almost looks like they're going to attack him. So this can be as to why incorporating the text with the pictures really helps. I do love the faces on the people in need and the bright red which really draws your eyes into the pictures. It's pretty awesome that when the king woke up he changed his ways. I've never really had a dream have that much of an impact on me that I wanted to change my life when I woke up.
This was definitely an interesting piece. I really like the style of illustration that was used along with the liberal use of that bright vibrant red. I like the way that the illustrations seem to take center stage of the pages, giving you the distinct impression that its suppose to be more of a picture book instead of an illustration accentuated history book.
ReplyDeleteText combined with picture always makes for better learning. This piece holds special value for me because of my love for both history and visual graphics. This is a great combination of the two especially since so many people at that time were illiterate.
ReplyDeleteThis piece reminds me of the movie A Christmas Carol. Only cause Scrooge goes through all of the ghosts and wakes up a whole new person. It honestly is not a bad thing and I wish more people would go through it in real life cause some people are just so mean! But I thought they were going to kill the King in his sleep too but looks can be deceiving. I was told to always read through, even though I still don't, cause you never know the whole story until either you've been in someone's shoes or you have done the research. In this case, read the book.
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