[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-433639-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":81,"doc-detail-433639-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","the-illustrated-book-notes-on-an-exhibition-in-the-print-gallery-of-the-new-york-public-library","The Illustrated Book - Notes on an Exhibition in the Print Gallery of The New York Public Library","","Frank Weitenkampf’s 1919 illustrated book offers a guided, historical examination of how book illustration evolved and why it matters to craftsmanship, taste, and cultural expression. Written as notes for an exhibition at The New York Public Library’s Print Gallery, it surveys standards of beautiful bookmaking across centuries, explains core principles of illustration’s roles, and highlights development through key works from 15th- and 16th-century Europe.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/","Literature",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-illustrated-book-notes-on-an-exhibition-in-the-print-gallery-of-the-new-york-public-library/433639/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-illustrated-book-notes-on-an-exhibition-in-the-print-gallery-of-the-new-york-public-library/433639.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"WPS_1786070896","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-04","2026-09-29",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",8,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"What is the exhibition at The New York Public Library focused on?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"It showcases outstanding examples of book illustration, drawn from the Library’s collections and loans, emphasizing standards of beautiful bookmaking across centuries.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"How does the text describe the main functions of illustration in books?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Book illustration either elucidates the text, adorns it, may do both, or may do neither; it is treated as a result of its time, place, and artistic context.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"Why does the author compare works from different countries and periods?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"To show how national outlook and artistic individuality shape illustration styles, leading to differences in elegance, realism, dramatic force, and overall harmony with decoration and the printed page.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},433639,1790826401,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,91,95,100,105,110,114,119,122,126],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":89,"slug":90},80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":92,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":96,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":101,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":106,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":107,"show_sort_weight":108,"slug":109},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":55,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":121},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":123,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":124,"show_sort_weight":123,"slug":125},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":128,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":129},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":131},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":132,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":26,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":144,"read_time":108},549768072016,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","WEITENKAMPF,FRANK  \n********  \nTHE ILLUSTRATED BOOK…  \n********  \nThe Illustrated Book  \nNotes on an Exhibition in the Print Gallery ofThe Newo York Public Library  \nBy FRANK WEITENKAMPF  \nNewo YorkTHE NEW YoRK PUBLICLIBRARY  \n1919  \nILLUSTRATION BY J.M.MOREAU LE JEUNE,PARIS,1775  \n(From Suite d'estampes pour servir à I'histoire desmoeurs et du costume des francoisdans le 18°siecle.)  \nThe Illustrated Book  \n# Notes on an Exhibition in the Print Gallery ofThe New York Public Library\n\nBy FRANK WEITENKAMPF  \nD见  \nNew YorkTHE NEw YoRK PUBLIC LIBRARY  \n1919  \nhttps://archive.org/details/illustratedbook0000unse_y5w0  \n8 40  \n# THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK\n\nNOTES ON AN EXHIBITION IN THE PRINT GALLERY  \nTHE interest in finely illustrated books has resulted in various public andprivate collections of noteworthy examples.An instance is the collectionformed by the late William Augustus Spencer,which came to The New YorkPublic Library by bequest,and is particularly rich in nineteenth century Frenchbooks.Such active interest inevitably results in the fixing and maintenanceof the highest standards in the making of beautiful books.And for thatreason an exhibition such as that now on view in the Library's print gallery isits own justification.Drawing on the Library's own resources(including theS.P.Avery collection),both for old and modern books,and with the aid ofMessrs.John Pierpont Morgan,Henry E.Huntington,William BarclayParsons,and Cortlandt F.Bishop,who have kindly lent books,it has beenpossible to assemble a collection which exemplifies book illustration at its bestthroughout four centuries.  \nBooks were illustrated from the beginning.From the block books andthe earliest books printed with movable type,on through four and a halfcenturies,illustration has played its significant part in the printed book.Twobasic principles have obtained:the illustration must either elucidate the textor adorn it.It may do both;sometimes it does neither.Another equallyobvious fact is that book illustration,like art in general,is an outcome ofits time and place.That fact finds an expression not only in the individualityof each artist,but in the group individuality of the nation or race.If thefamous“Hypnerotomachia”of 1499 is compared with the French edition of1561,with the cuts redrawn,the difference in national outlook is quite apparent.In the Italian cuts there are directness,strength and simplicity,and in theFrench,elegance,realism and dramatic force.And there are cross-influencesreaching from one country to another.However,at bottom,there remainsthe matter of adornment,which in its logical conclusion means harmony,—harmony between the illustration and decoration and the printed page.Thatinevitably leads to illustration in line drawing,certainly did lead there in thatearly fifteenth and sixteenth century work,particularly in Italy,which hasset for us a standard in book making that must not be lost to sight.And thatharmony,again,is based on the nature of the medium,on the fact that typog-raphy is a relief process as well as is wood-engraving.That,of course,meansthat cuts and text are printed in one operation,which again brings in business  \neconomy as an incidental factor in the attainment of an appropriateness basedon the materials used and on the end in view.And thus we have arrived at afundamental and necessary factor in all the arts.  \nPerhaps such definitions in the grammar and rhetoric of illustration mayhelp one to avoid the myopic attitude of the strict specialist inclined to speakin superlatives of everything within his blinkered vision.Any such clearingaway of mental cobwebs will not lessen enjoyment of this old work.Faultsfound may well result in bringing some of those old designers humanly nearerto us.And that modified point of view may help accentuate other points ofinterest in their work.  \nCertain books of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries,by theirabsolute expression of the ideals of book-making here indicated,hold a rankquite undisp","cbCaidtw6K4QwBNW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidtw6K4QwBNW","pdf",2089991,26,"English","# The Illustrated Book\n## Notes on an Exhibition in the Print Gallery of The New York Public Library\n## Interest in illustrated books and exhibition purpose\n## Core principles: elucidate, adorn, and contextual harmony\n## Development of line drawing, engraving, and printing processes\n## Evaluating specific early works and shifts in taste","[{\"question\":\"What is the exhibition at The New York Public Library focused on?\",\"answer\":\"It showcases outstanding examples of book illustration, drawn from the Library’s collections and loans, emphasizing standards of beautiful bookmaking across centuries.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the text describe the main functions of illustration in books?\",\"answer\":\"Book illustration either elucidates the text, adorns it, may do both, or may do neither; it is treated as a result of its time, place, and artistic context.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author compare works from different countries and periods?\",\"answer\":\"To show how national outlook and artistic individuality shape illustration styles, leading to differences in elegance, realism, dramatic force, and overall harmony with decoration and the printed page.\"}]","The Illustrated Book - Notes on an Exhibition in the Print Gallery of The New York Public Library | PDF",1790664953]