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osprey_archer) wrote2016-06-06 09:51 am
osprey_archer) wrote2016-06-06 09:51 am
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Caldecott Monday: Animals of the Bible
If the cover is anything to go by, I probably would have enjoyed the illustrations of Animals of the Bible had they only been in color. The animals are charmingly detailed and pretty - maybe a little too pretty, sweet and soft-eyed, but still charming.
But all the illustrations in the book are in black and white, and they lose a lot of their charm and detail that way. I love black and white illustrations when they’ve been planned that way, when the artist is taking care to work within the dramatic possibilities of black and white - I’ve always loved the silhouette illustrations in the first Boxcar Children book - but simply taking all the color out of colored pictures makes them look boring.
Not the most auspicious beginning for the Caldecott project.
But all the illustrations in the book are in black and white, and they lose a lot of their charm and detail that way. I love black and white illustrations when they’ve been planned that way, when the artist is taking care to work within the dramatic possibilities of black and white - I’ve always loved the silhouette illustrations in the first Boxcar Children book - but simply taking all the color out of colored pictures makes them look boring.
Not the most auspicious beginning for the Caldecott project.