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Animals
Illustration Chronicles explores a history of illustration through the images, illustrators and events of the past 175 years. By selecting one work from each year the site explores the contexts in which illustration has existed and picks a unique topic every few months to highlight the diversity of the discipline.
For our third selection, we're turning our attention to the natural world and looking at some examples of where illustrators have used animals as a source for inspiration, investigation and storytelling. In this introduction, we'll look at how animals have appeared throughout history and get a general overview on how customs, cultures and beliefs have shaped the work of image-makers.
Animals run through so much of our visual culture that it’s almost impossible to know where to begin. From our earliest cave paintings right through to our childhood bookshelves, they have been an endless source of inspiration to us. Yet while our fascination for them has always been constant, our relationship to them has changed significantly over time.
By looking at this change we can begin to see how creativity has been inspired by the animal world and perhaps even begin to understand why illustrated animals continue to be an important part of our cultural construct.
In our prehistoric days, animals were something we lived alongside. We hunted them, we ate them, we wore them as clothes. They were central to nearly everything we did and our cave paintings reflect that. Our prehistoric ancestors were fascinated by animals and eager to create representational depictions of them.
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