Illustration is a decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, made for use in print and digital media such as posters, books, magazines, teaching materials, animation, video games and film. It is created by an illustrator, and digital illustration in particular has become common in web and app design, including small elements such as emojis paired with text.
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MediumA decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of a text, concept, or process, for print and digital media. 1 Signature TechniqueDigital illustration used to make websites and apps more user-friendly, such as emojis accompanying digital type. 1 Place of OriginEngland: the English word itself is late Middle English, arriving via Old French from the Latin illustratio(n-). 1 Notable ExampleBreaking Home Ties by Norman Rockwell, sold at a 2006 Sotheby's auction for US$15.4 million. 1 Connections
Associated With
Comics, Art Forms Comics and illustration share the same visual-narrative drawing tradition, and many comics artists trained and worked as illustrators.
Works In This Form
Insular illuminated Gospel book.
Anglo-Saxon illuminated pandect Bible.
Illuminated Passover manuscript.
Insular illuminated Gospel book.
Illuminated manuscript book of hours.
English illuminated Apocalypse manuscript.
Carolingian illuminated psalter.
Early Byzantine illuminated Greek manuscript.
Giant illuminated Romanesque bible.
Sources
1. Illustration (Wikipedia)
Wikipedialead section, Illustration
Digital illustrations are often used to make websites and apps more user-friendly, such as the use of emojis to accompany digital type.
Etymology, Illustration
The origin of the word "illustration" is late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n-), from the verb illustrare.
high prices at auction passage, Illustration
The US artist Norman Rockwell's painting "Breaking Home Ties" sold in a 2006 Sotheby's auction for US$15.4 million.
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