Next, I will analyze how the illustrations in this edition of Andersen's fairy tales are integrated with the story from the angles of colors and details.
If you had to choose a color to represent witches, what color would you choose?
Purple, blue, black?
Generally speaking, we are used to using dark tones to represent evil and strangeness.
Daughter of the Sea uses dark tones to outline the image of a witch under the water.
This painting depicts a little mermaid who wants to become human and look for an undersea witch. The whole illustration, except the mermaid is pink, almost all the surrounding background colors are dark: black, dark blue, purple, grass green, even if there is red, it only outlines the outline of the witch as a line.
This dark background+red embellishment will give people a strange mystery.
A similar dark tone+red design will appear in many tomb raiding films in China. But these pictures are scary, so I won't let them go.
Perhaps this color scheme symbolizes strangeness, danger and death. Therefore, in The Nightingale, the illustrator also uses dark colors and red outlines to depict the image of death.
In the nightingale, the god of death who wants to take the life of King China wears a black robe with a red pattern and a black hat with red pendants, and reaches out to the king with his red hand. If you look closely, you can see that the lower eyeliner of death is also red.
In addition, do you feel that the image of this god of death in the illustration is very similar to the ancient emperor of China?
That's true. The image of death in this illustration really draws lessons from the costume characteristics of ancient emperors in China.
Why should we draw lessons from the characteristics of China's imperial costumes when shaping the image of death that is often mentioned in western culture?
Because the nightingale is a fairy tale that happened in China.
Therefore, the illustrator did not follow the image of the west when describing the death, but combined the image of the death in China culture-Rebecca.
The original text describes the plot in the illustration like this:
The details of these illustrations make it clear at a glance that the story of "Nightingale" took place in China.
The illustration of Nightingale is taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
It is not only death that makes people shudder, but also the Snow Queen.
This queen, who brings biting cold, is both beautiful and cold. The illustrator also used dark tones to show her appearance.
The seemingly bottomless dark forest creates a dark and mysterious feeling. In contrast, it seems to be the snow queen with white light.
In order to highlight that the Snow Queen's hat and coat are made of ice and snow, the illustrator specially put a cross-shaped flash under the hat and clothes.
Against the backdrop of the dark forest, the snow is more crystal clear, but there is no warmth.
The illustrations of dairy queen are taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Fairy tales are not only dark and evil, but also full of hope.
If you choose a color to represent hope, what would you choose?
In The Last Leaf, O Henry used a dark green leaf painted on the wall to symbolize the hope of living.
The illustrator of this edition of Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House also dyed the hope in the fairy tales with green and yellow.
The illustrator drew the ugly duckling at birth with the yellow-green leaves as the background. The ugly duckling and a group of ducklings learn to swim with the mother duck.
Because the ugly duckling is the last egg hatched by the mother duck, it ranks last among ducklings.
But did you find out?
Mother duck and other ducklings are very comfortable and leisurely, and their feathers are goose yellow.
The ugly duckling at the end seems to be an alternative, completely different from them.
Not only are the feathers covered with dust, but they also hang their heads, lifeless and embarrassed.
But why did the illustrator choose bright yellow-green as the background of the illustration instead of using dim colors to render the unpopular gray mood when the ugly duckling was born?
I guess illustrators use this bright yellow-green color scheme for two reasons:
Not only the ugly duckling has changed, but also the little boy living under the control of the Snow Queen.
The Snow Queen planted hard ice in his heart, erased the memories of the past and was trapped in the cold castle.
It was not until his childhood friends found him and melted the ice in his heart that he woke up like a dream.
When he and his partner walked home, because the magic of the Snow Queen disappeared and the snow melted, the land once ruled by the Snow Queen gradually recovered and the spring was full.
The illustrator also used yellow-green as the keynote to draw the feeling of spring returning to the earth.
The illustrations of dairy queen are taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
The illustrator used a similar color when the little mermaid couldn't bear to hurt the prince and jumped into the sea in the morning.
The picture below depicts the process of the mermaid becoming an elf after she jumped into the sea because she couldn't bear to stab the prince.
The image of the little mermaid presents a color similar to the sunrise.
This light yellow figure gives a warm feeling.
This color seems to indicate that the mermaid will not die like foam in the sea without the love of the prince, as predicted by the witch, but will become an elf.
The illustration of The Daughter of the Sea is taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Illustrators want to draw illustrations that can make children understand the plot only by illustrations. When creating, they need to be loyal to the story and can't trust horses.
Many illustrations in this edition of Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House draw the details of the story.
1. The facial expressions of characters reflect people's feelings.
How do you feel when you see the prince in this illustration? Does it seem that this prince is lifeless and lifeless?
The illustration of The Daughter of the Sea is taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Indeed, because the "prince" in this painting is not a prince, but a white marble statue.
This illustration is taken from The Daughter of the Sea. It depicts that the little mermaid fell in love at first sight when she met the prince, but she had nowhere to talk about it. She had to hold a big white marble statue she found that looked like the prince to alleviate the pain of lovesickness.
So the "prince" in this painting gives people a sense of lifelessness, because he is not a real person, but a stone.
Nevertheless, the illustrator drew a gentle face for the little mermaid, showing her gentleness to the prince.
We can infer the mermaid's prince lover from her expression. Can you guess the mood in the picture below?
Who is secretly happy and proud, who is worried?
The illustration of Wild Swan is taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
This illustration is taken from Wild Swan, which shows the scene that the stepmother gives her stepchildren a cup full of sand instead of food. We can infer their situation from their expressions.
The queen looks like a Gherardini, as if she is happy to see her abused child; And 1 1 Prince and 1 Princess are very sad. However, if we look closely, we can find that although everyone has a sad face, everyone has a different expression on his face. I admire the illustrator's skill here.
The content of the painting shows the details of the story.
The illustrations in this edition of Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House also hide many details of the story.
Let's test our eyesight first. Please look for it. How many people are there in the illustration?
The illustration of Little Klaus and Big Klaus is taken from Andersen's fairy tales and published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Did you find out?
There are three people in the illustration.
In addition to the two people sitting at the table, there is also a person secretly looking out of the box under the table.
Why is this man in the box? You can find the answer in the fairy tale Little Klaus and Big Klaus.
Let's test our eyesight again. Please count. How many dogs are there in this illustration?
Illustration of "Playing Light Box", taken from Andersen's fairy tales, Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
There are three dogs in this picture, because there are three dogs with big eyes in the fairy tale Light Box corresponding to this illustration.
Did you find that the white dog's eyes are unusually big?
Another illustration also shows three objects in the story-three pears.
This illustration corresponds to "pins can also bring good luck"
In this story, craftsmen make pear trees into three kinds: large, medium and small.
The illustration of A Pin Can Bring Good Luck is taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Besides three dogs, there are three kinds of pears and clover.
The fairy tale "Don't talk, but keep it in mind" tells three stories.
Andersen said that these three stories are like three leaves growing on the same root.
So the text of the whole fairy tale is embedded in clover, and three pages of grass are drawn next to the title of the fairy tale.
Illustration of "Don't talk, remember in your heart", taken from Andersen's Fairy Tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
The illustrations next to the title of this edition of Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House can not only let us see the details of the story, but also get a glimpse of the whole story.
The title "Old people can never do anything wrong" is surrounded by a circle of horses, cows, sheep, geese, chickens, apples and gold coins.
Because this fairy tale is connected by these contents.
Introduction to illustrator
These fantastic and touching illustrations were created by a young female illustrator Kuri.
Kuri graduated from Beijing Film Academy with a postgraduate degree in illustration from Syracuse University. He made his mark in many design competitions and cooperated with many publishing houses and game companies.
Perhaps it is precisely because of women's delicate perspective and psychology that she can draw the pain and joy of the little mermaid's infatuation;
The excitement and joy on the skirt when the flowers of little Aida dance;
Karen deeply blamed herself when she remembered her dancing red shoes.
Andersen's fairy tales published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House include not only illustrations of the stories, but also the title page (here is the page with the title), the ring lining page (the previous page with the title), the catalogue and so on.
Can you guess why there is a soldier with only one leg under the words "Andersen's Fairy Tales" on the title page?
Title page, from Andersen's Fairy Tales, Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
If you look at the ring lining carefully, you will find that the images in it all appear in the illustrations of fairy tales.
Look for it. What images have you seen in the story?
Ring pages, from Andersen's Fairy Tales, Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
What is particularly worth mentioning is the design of the catalogue.
First, there are pictures, which are very nice;
Second, the distance between each story topic in the catalogue is so large that it seems depressing.
Catalogue, extracted from Andersen's Fairy Tales published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House.
Compare the compact and depressing catalogues of other versions of Andersen's fairy tales, and you may feel how relaxed this sense of distance will bring.
Borrowed 15 Andersen's fairy tales published since 1980s from the library.
It turned out that it might be because we didn't borrow the right books.
Because in the 15 book I borrowed, there are enough illustrations and good-looking enough to show that there are not many versions of the story.
15 Andersen's fairy tales
These versions of fairy tale illustrations are either extremely naive and ridiculous, and have no aesthetic feeling;
Either the illustrations are black and white, which are beautiful enough but have limited effect on the presentation of the story atmosphere;
Illustrations of Andersen's fairy tales by a publishing house; Left: Hai's daughter, friend: Wild Swan.
Either it is black and white, and the printing is not clear;
Either famous artists paint, but some painting styles are not beautiful enough or a little strange (I personally think they are not beautiful enough and a little strange).
Because for children who are still in the period of thinking in images, they often take what they see as true.
So a little strange painting style will affect their understanding of real things.
People's Literature Publishing House "Andersen's Fairy Tales"
The only Andersen Fairy Tales with colorful illustrations, exquisite realistic paintings and story explanations is Andersen Fairy Tales by Children's Publishing House.
Unfortunately, there are too few illustrations. There are 20 fairy tales in the book with only 8 illustrations.
I had this version of fairy tales at home when I was in primary school, and I still remember this book because the illustrations are so beautiful.
But I remember that every time I picked up this book, I was absorbed in the illustrations for a long time, and then I put them down. I don't want to read this story at all.
Because there are not enough illustrations, there are often many pages full of words. For me when I was still in primary school, the reading experience was really unpleasant.
I am also used to buying books now to see if the font is big enough and the spacing between lines is sparse. Countless books, no matter how good the content is, are hard to arouse my interest in reading.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that there are 147 notes at the end of Andersen's Fairy Tales published by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House, which further explains the content of the article and helps readers understand the story.
For example, The Daughter of the Sea ends with:
Maybe we didn't feel anything special when we saw this, but after reading the prompt, we will find that the article mentioned that the mermaid has no tears, and the tears of Xiaomei mermaid show that she has created a miracle.
I borrowed 15 books, and only 5 books were annotated.
Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House, with a short biography of Andersen on the last page.
Readers can understand the simple living and literary status of this great fairy tale writer.
Maybe you care about translation, too.
Because some Andersen's fairy tales on the market are not only translated, but also written for young children, and the language is younger.
However, the language of Andersen's fairy tales by Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House is not deliberately young.
For example, the following passage is selected from the fairy tale "Don't say it in your mouth, keep it in your heart" and uses the idiom of serving others with virtue and sharing weal and woe.
Andersen's fairy tales are treasures in the history of literature, but even the best fairy tales can only play a role if readers are willing to read and understand them.
There are many versions of Andersen's fairy tales on the market. I hope you can find a book you are willing to read and have always treasured.
How about Nanjing Andersen Illustration Exhibition? Andersen's illustration exhibition finally came to Nanjing _ _
350 paintings by 26 painters who won the International Andersen Fairy Tale Award were exhibited.
The exhibition hall is very interactive
Scenes arranged in various fairy tales, you can take a group photo and punch in ~
_ Snowman _ _, Swan Lake, Little Red Riding Hood's Home, Carousel
Praise life with art —— Notes on visiting the World Illustration Exhibition "Missing it means missing the beauty of illustration for half a century". Finally, we can't resist such tempting propaganda and temptation. On the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion day, our family of three walked into the National Classic Museum in Beijing and visited the 50th anniversary exhibition of International Andersen (Lifetime Achievement Award) and the world illustration exhibition being held there. Twenty-five international Andersen Prize illustrators and 300 original works came across the sea, which brought us a lot of longing and expectation.
Standing in front of the National Classical Museum, we were first attracted by a huge staircase painting. This is an illustration of Ugly Duckling, which covers almost the whole step in front of the museum. There is an illustration exhibition icon in the upper left corner. Such a huge painting suddenly excited us, and the children skipped upstairs with their father.
The entrance security is very strict. Food and drinks are not allowed, and tin boxes of chewing gum are not allowed. You should keep your backpack. However, after the introduction, the huge publicity board still attracted a lot of attention. The organizer chose the most famous gorilla (the protagonist of anthony browne's works) as the poster, which attracted people's attention. The gorilla's mouth turned up, his eyes were sad, and there was a lovely kitten sitting on his head. This painting is very vivid. Children don't like dark gorillas and refuse to take pictures. We go straight to the ticket office. Package for two 147 yuan, children's ticket to 55 yuan. Children are free in many places because there is not enough 1㎡, which has been bothering her. I am very excited to have my own children's ticket this time.
Before entering the exhibition hall, I was attracted by a row of portraits of Andersen illustrator winners on the wall. Each book is marked with the award-winning year and representative works. These painters from different countries are unfamiliar to the children, and their names are hard to remember, but the children still find the names of many classic picture books she has seen, such as Frog Frog, The Magic Queen of Colors, Xiao Kai's Home is Different, Three Robbers and Country of Beasts.
In order to prevent children from browsing, I bought a brochure with 20 yuan. Everywhere I have been, there will be a button that children can operate by themselves. However, children will not obey any arrangement of adults. After entering the exhibition hall, she went straight to the frog sculpture. Children have been fascinated by the book The Story of Frog's Growth for a long time. The little frog in striped pants in the book attracted her deeply. She once made me read 12 books at one go. The author of this picture book is Max Versius from the Netherlands. Unexpectedly, in the face of the master's original works, the children swept away and went straight to the interactive experience area. There is a big screen where you can freely choose illustrations and fill colors at will. However, children find it interesting and play it over and over again. While the children were having fun, I read the original carefully. The picture is colorful and unpretentious without much painting skills. It is this well-known little frog that permeates many important life issues such as friendship, love, life and the world to children and soothes the hearts of growing children.
Unexpectedly, among the works of these illustrators, there are works that have been banned, such as "Animal Country". Opening the reading records two years ago, it was written impressively that the children were not afraid of these monsters with blue faces and fangs at all, but happily named them, and she also strongly demanded to buy a set of wolf clothes with tails like michaels (the name of the protagonist in the book). You can imagine how much children liked this book at that time. It is such a book that was once banned in the library, but good books will eventually be found. Maurice sendak's name was included in the list of 1970 Andersen Illustration Award. When we walked into the original and really watched it, we felt that it was very detailed and exquisite.
In addition to the work being banned, the author is also banned. Tomiungeer from France won the illustration award with 1998. His children's books have been banned in American libraries for more than 20 years because of his creation of Forgive Everything. The book we are familiar with is his Three Robbers, which the children have been leafing through the other day. At that time, I was a little puzzled. Although the ending of this story was warm, the robbers were evil and dark after all. But the children actually like this book. In this exhibition, she stopped for a while in front of the original work and asked me how those blues were painted.
There are many works by anthony browne in this exhibition, such as Gorilla, The Voice in the Park, Willy the Dreamer and so on. Because children don't like dark and fierce gorillas, we haven't read many of these books, but in this exhibition, children discovered the subtlety of this surrealist master, and the little details hidden by the painter deeply attracted her. "Mom, that gorilla is wearing a pair of banana shoes." "Mom, that microphone turned out to be a banana." The closer you look, the more interesting you will find. It seems that we will like gorillas in the future, and this series of books can be borrowed.
There are also many works by masters in this exhibition, some of which are familiar to everyone and some of which are unfamiliar to everyone, but you can follow the picture and enjoy reading with your children later. Together, we made a simple list of books: Gorilla Series, Loud Mom, Mr. Moon, Travel Picture Book, Su He White Horse, Children in the Marsh, Little Charcoal Burner, Bears with Long Ears, Fantastic Animals, and so on, as simple as possible.
Out of the exhibition hall, some picture books were displayed in the corner. Many of them were not sold separately, but as the theme of this exhibition, and 50 books were sold as a whole. After the discount, they cost more than 3000 yuan. I read it carefully. This set of books is from a publishing house in Taiwan Province Province. The whole book is in traditional Chinese characters, which is not suitable for children in literacy period. Fans can collect it. In the souvenir area, we chose a picture book with ugly duckling illustrations as a souvenir.
The two exhibition halls of this exhibition are not big. We spent nearly two and a half hours, some playing and some watching. The children learned something by reviewing the old ones. Personally, although I am not very proficient in painting, I still feel very pious when I see the paintings of the masters. They take every stroke of every painting seriously. Take those gorillas for example. When we carefully observe, we will find that among these tens of thousands of hairs, each one is carefully painted without any scribbling and perfunctory.
Praise life with art, and let us feel the innocence and beauty of the world through the 50th anniversary of Andersen Illustration Award. Those exquisite paintings will be transformed into the power of love, injected into children's hearts and become a belief.