René Magritte

The Treachery of Images

1929

Oil on canvas

Realist

Salvador Dalí

The Persistence of Memory

1931

Oil on canvas

Surrealism

Big Cartoonist since 1930

taught at NY school of arts

Illustration on how to run meetings, Robert’s Rules of Order, c.1970

U.S. Army manual on handling warheads, 1970

first graphic novel, A Contract with God, 1978

Column of Trajan

113 AD

Rome, Italy

scenes of the Dacian War

Marble relief sculpture

Carved wooden doorway from Norway

Viking Period

showing “Barbarian Interlace”motif

c. 1000

The Bayeux Tapestry

scenes of the Norman Conquest of England

1066

from The Nuremberg Chronicle

1493 First mix of woodcut 

pictures and printed text

was like encyclopedia

on printing press invented by Johan Gutenberg

c. 1450

Sneaky Henry

Wilhelm Busch

c. 1860

Max and Moritz

Wilhelm Busch

1865

Rotary newspaper press

Joseph Pulitzer

c. 1880.

Richard Outcault

“What They Did to the 

Dog-Catcher in Hogan’s Alley”

1895

Yellow Kid cartoon in NY World

First popular comic strip character

had rough humor 

sparked yellow journalism: exploits & scandals

Banderole

scroll with some words or somethin

the anssestor of speech balloons 

Winsor McCay

“Little Nemo in Slumberland”

in NY Herald, 

begun 1905

surreal

“Mutt and Jeff”

Bud Fisher

first daily newspaper strip

begun 1907

“The Dingbats,”

George Herriman

begun 1910

Examples showing the growth of 

the “footer” with cat-and-mouse gag

“Krazy Kat,”

George Herriman

begun 1913

Art deco like cubism - Bomarang roads and zig-zag drawings

Was self-referencial, ironic, and had profound themes. crude humor. attracted all classes.

Herriman used smart, beautiful language

was Creol from New orls to new york

Coposition of newspaper comics into forst comic book

1933

Idea by Max Gaines to increase busines to his New York color printing company. 

Slam Bradley

Early work of DC employees Jerry Siegel (writer) and Joe Shuster (artist)

Jewish kids from Cleavland

Also made Dr. Occuit

Their idea for superman was rejected in 1935

Cover for Action Comics no. 1

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

1938

published by DC

They got 13 pages and the cover because the publisher was in a pinch

Superman's costume based off Baron Sandow

he wore tights to show off his muscles without breaking laws

Superman is somewhat a performer and somewhat a magician. Thats why he has a cape.

Capes were common for performers and magicians in the 20s/30s. also by science fiction heros like Flash gordon

Superman's physique

Charles Atlas had many body building adds in comic books in the 1930s, standardizing the perfered body type

1: He his clasical- based off of the idea of Golem who is and artificial man created by rabi to protect people- and Lamed Vav- the idea that there are only 36 good men on earth who redeem humanity secretly and do not want to be praised.

2: He is conteporary/moder/futuristic- He can fly and never gets hurt. advanced human

3: there is sexual tension between him and Lois Lane

Superman syndicated daily newspaper comic strip began 1939

Bud Collier and Joan Alexander, stars of “Adventures of Superman” radio program, began 1940

Paramount’s Superman cartoon film series by animator Max Fleischer began 1942

Valentine’s Day cards, bubble gum

This is how we are putting together things in our head to complete actions - Closure or Gestalt

Moment-to-Moment - movements

Action-to-Action - seperate different actions

Subject-to-Subject - dif subjects in a series

Scene-to-Scene - Changes time/place usualy needs caption

Aspect-to-Aspect - different acspects or views of the same times/place

Non-Sequitur - nothing in common- very strange

Paycheck for "Superman" from DC to Jerry Siegle and Joe Shuster

$130 for first 13 pages, and the name

MArston Hall Goddeses

Clasical Revial

Geography w/ compas, charts

Mecanical/engineering w/ gear, anvil

Tripod/sextent

1900

East Façade of Parks Library, ISU, Ames, showing Nellie Walker’s

Curriculum reliefs at upper right and left

1924 Limestone

Figures looked like greek gods

Men- Agriculture, Vet Med w/ caduceus, Engineering, General Sciences

Women- Art, Home Ec, Textiles, Literature

Christian Peterson

The gentle doctor + Veterinary Medicine Relief

1938

replica made when moved to new vet med location

Four Seasons Fountian

Christian Petersen

1941

Sculptures in parks library

Christian Petersen

1944

Shoe the girl looking at the boy and the boy seeming nervous

Conversations

1955

Christian Petersen

Intended for Lincoln/welch enterance

finnaly put up in the 70s

Shows 3 phases of conversatiiones-

1. With many others, networking
2. With only one, intamacy
3. conversing with ones self

Chlamys

Girl's robes are peplos

Spindle- Distaff