Book Of Hours A Wordless Novel Told In 99 WOOD ENGRAVINGS
Book Of HoursBook Of HoursA Wordless Novel Told In 99
WOOD ENGRAVINGSA Wordless Novel Told In 99
WOOD ENGRAVINGS
HistoryHistoryThe concept of The Book of Hours has originated from the middle ages
Significance of Engravings
Significance of Engravings
Process was invented in the 16th century by a Swiss artist Urs Graf
The wood was used to make a press so that it would be easy to mass produce books and artwork
Very popular in Japanese art culture
George A. WalkerGeorge A. WalkerAward winning wood engraver
Inspired by artists like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, and Otto Nuckel
Past InfluencePast Influence
9/119/11
A series of coordinated suicide terrorist attacks against the United States in New York and Washington areas
Planned by Al-Qaeda
Book of HoursBook of Hoursoutlines the victims of 9/11 who live in routine with their daily lives with no expectation of the impending devastation
Theme: terror and innocence
Book of HoursBook of HoursWho: Residents of New York
What: typical American day in New York
When: September 10 2001- morning of Sept 11 2001
Where: New York City
Why: Capture the mindset of the unprepared and the way that these innocent routines are viewed so differently by the reader because they know how the story ends
What makes it non-linear
What makes it non-linear
no use of words
visual imagery only
each image is a story of its own portraying different emotions and forcing the reader to imagine the outcome of the characters within the image
What makes it non-linear
What makes it non-linear
plot doesn’t follow one character
story of an entire city
every image contributes to the mood and the narrative of the story
story is in chronological order so we know the outcome it is leading to