Marie Neurath and Isotype Picturebooks
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Author: Susanne Blumesberger, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Jörg Meibauer (eds.)
Marie Neurath was an illustrator and graphic designer who created innovative non-fiction books for children. In 1920s Vienna, she developed Isotype with her husband, Otto Neurath, and designer Gerd Arntz. Influenced by the progressive ideas of the Vienna Circle, it aimed to contribute to the democratisation of knowledge. This anthology is the first to elaborate Neurath’s achievement as a transformer of knowledge for children and to analyse her distinctive, groundbreaking graphic method.Postwar, Marie Neurath created informative picturebooks that expanded Isotype principles. Despite their success, her legacy remains underrecognised.
ISBN 9783111354170. De Gruyter. hb. 280 pages. 78 colour ills. 23 x 15.5 cm.
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Marie Neurath was an illustrator and graphic designer who created innovative non-fiction books for children. In 1920s Vienna, she developed Isotype with her husband, Otto Neurath, and designer Gerd Arntz. Influenced by the progressive ideas of the Vienna Circle, it aimed to contribute to the democratisation of knowledge. This anthology is the first to elaborate Neurath’s achievement as a transformer of knowledge for children and to analyse her distinctive, groundbreaking graphic method.Postwar, Marie Neurath created informative picturebooks that expanded Isotype principles. Despite their success, her legacy remains underrecognised.
ISBN 9783111354170. De Gruyter. hb. 280 pages. 78 colour ills. 23 x 15.5 cm.
not yet published