This past spring, I was enrolled in a course on the History of American Illustration.

Lectures of the instructor touched upon technological changes, examined the role of art education, and interpreted illustration as a delineator of contemporary culture in many eras.

As this particular Illustrator, in fact, was a student of my professor at one point, I figured that writing my final assignment on a work by James Jean , would be a great note to end the course on.

The writing interprets the implications of symbolic motifs and for how such ornamentation was approached in a manor that enforced a greater narrative to the overall scene.

I would love to hear any suggestions you may have!

Being that my major wasn’t Illustration, I was extremely excited to look at the course from a different kind of perspective.