This book is highly useful for my essay as it explores how meaning and identity are at the core of graphic design and comparing it to fine art, bringing up issues such as aura and visual communication.
2 - Wigan, M. (2009) 'Basics - Illustration, Global Contexts' AVA , London (741.603)
This is useful in a broader sense. It looks at illustration and propaganda... it portrays simple illustrations turning into pieces of visual communication. When do these illustrations turn from simple drawings to a means of communication? Is this the same point they turn from fine art to graphic design?
3 - Drucker, J. McVarish, E (2009) 'Graphic Design History - A Critical Guide' Pearson Education, New Jersey (741. 605)
This book traces graphic design back to prehistory, which i mentioned in my essay. Which aspects of art in history could actually be called graphic design? Cave men depicting their lives through wall art... It goes into depth into art and graphic design right from the routes of when art began, it gives a really interesting outlook onto what the difference between fine art and graphic design actually is... some things surprised me.
4 - Benjamin, W. (1935) 'The Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction', essay
Again, this talks about aura and the reproduction of art. Does art being reproduced take away 'value'? Does it turn it into graphic design? It is central to my chosen essay question.
5 - Cat0, K+L. (1992) 'GD3D, Graphics in the third dimension', Graphic-Sha, Tokyo (741.6)
I found this book helpful as it portrays many work of 3D art as part of graphic design, small things added to traditional art to turn it into graphic design... it questions what needs to be included to turn something from an art form to a piece of visual communication.
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