THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ILLUSTRATION AND THE TEXT

- Compare the strategies of illustrators of various editions of Caroll Lewis’s book Alice in Wonderland.  

- Example of discovering communication of an illustration and a text in a book selected by the lecturer himself/herself 

Art Historian Mgr. Viera Anoškinová overtook the leadership of the symposium.

Introduction: Mgr. Barbara Barthová, art historian  

CV-s of the Participants of the Symposium:

                                        

Kirsten Bystrup, Denmark (1947)

She works as a librarian in the Danish Centre for Children’s Literature in Kopenhagen. She has been dedicating herself to book illustration from various points of view, as a librarian, author of book reviews, editor and a teacher.

 

Malgorzata Cackowska, Poland

She works as a pedagogue at Gdańsk University in the Philosophy of Education and Cultural Studies Department. Her interests are social and cultural contexts of education in the area of picture book for children. She is an author of plentiful articles devoted to artistic and popular picture book for children in Poland and in the world. She lectures the Knowledge about Children’s Book and Methodology of Social Sciences.

 

Salmo Dansa, Brazil (1967)

He is a visual artist and designer. He used to work as an Art Director advertisement agencies. He illustrated more than 50 books and since 1992 he has been focusing on literature for children and young people.

 

Janine Despinette, France (1936)

She has been working as literary critic in the field of literature for children and young people. She wrote number of critiques on books for children and young people published both in French and foreign journals. She was member of selection committees and juries for awarding literary and graphic prizes and awards in France and abroad.

 

Klaus Doderer, Germany (1925)

He is a Professor Emeritus of Literature at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He founded the first research institute of children and youth literature. He wrote theoretical books about some literary genres like fable, short story and fairy tale, about the history of picture books in Germany and about modern children theater.  He is also the initiator and editor of the first encyclopedia of children literature. He was founder and first president of the International Research Society of Children Literature.

 

Manorama Jafa, India

She is author of 65 children books, and over 600, stories, articles and research papers on children literature. She directed writers’ workshops for different age groups and for children with special needs in English and Hindi. She was awarded many times for her contribution to children literature both in India and abroad, as well.

 

Ranka Javor, Croatia (1953)

She has been working as a librarian. She has been dedicating to publications for children and youth, and children book illustrations, too. She is the Director of the Croatian IBBY Section. She is involved in international co-operation and presentation of Croatian artists out of Croatia. He is an author of many texts related to illustrations and literature for children.

 

Mary Kritikou, Greece (1953)

She used to work with the Association for the Psychosocial Health of Children and Adolescents (A.P.H.C.A.) as a person responsible for communications, organizing events for children. She coordinated, edited and presented books published by this association.

 

Miroslav Kudrna, Czech Republic (1935)

He is a graphic artist and visual arts theoretician. He dedicates himself to gallery and exhibition activities. He is a member of the Association of Czech artists and graphic artists Hollar. He was a member of BIB International Jury and participated in BIB International Symposium for four times.

 

Horst Künnemann, Germany (1929)

He studied German literature, history, visual arts and French at the University of Pedagogy. He worked for more than 30 years at schools in Hamburg. He was active as a critic, writer and translator. Since 2000 he is Honorary Professor at Carl von Ossitzky University in Oldenburg, Department of Aesthetics and Visual Communication.

 

Tanja Mastnak, Slovenia (1962)

She studied art history in Ljubljana. In her works she dedicated to interaction of arts and politics, what brought her to gender issues studies, especially in the area of art history and visual perception. She has been writing on works of contemporary illustrators and takes part in international congresses on illustration.

 

Michiko Matsukata, Japan

She studied at the University in Sofia and Jagiellonian University. Currently she is working in Chihiro Art Museum Azumino in Japan.

 

Riitta Oittinen, Finland

She works at the University of Tampere and Helsinki where she dedicates herself to literary translation and translation theory. She is writer, translator and illustrator. She wrote several articles and books in translation studies, picturebooks, and the verbal and the visual arts.

 

Dragana Palavestra, Serbia (1956)

She studied the history of art at Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She has been dedicating to visual arts and design. She works as visual arts Co-ordinator in Secretariat of Culture, City of Belgrade – City Government. She was the curator in the Serbian Association of Applied Arts and Designers and the organiser of many international and domestic exhibitions. She was the Art Director of the national selection for Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations many times.

 

Vesna Lakičevic-Pavičevic, Serbia (1947)

She graduated from the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy of Belgrade University. She worked as a curator of the Association of Applied Artists of Serbia. She took part in BIB Symposium for several times, she contributes regularly to various periodicals and newspapers. She published over 200 exhibition reviews, catalogue forewords and articles. She is the member of exhibition councils, selection and nomination juries for exhibitions in Belgrade.

 

Hamidreza Shahabadi, Iran (1967)

He is writer and editor. He works as a Director of publication department in the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.

 

Andrej Švec, Slovakia (1949)

He is art historian and visual art critic. He dedicates to the visual art of the 20^th century and recently to children literature illustrations in particular. He wrote reviews on many exhibitions of illustrations and prepared several individual exhibitions in this field himself. He participated in theoretical preparation works for several BIB symposiums.

 

Regina Yolanda Werneck, Brazil

She is a writer and an illustrator. She worked with Brazilian IBBY Section, also in the position of its Vice-President. She was awarded many times for her illustration works. She is a permanent member of the jury “Espace Enfants” in the Biennials of International Young and Children’s Literature in Geneva.