by Edwin G. Burrows
Art Director: Nicole Caputo // Basic Books
Jacket painting:
The Nation Makers, 1903 (oil on canvas) by Howard Pyle (1853-1911) © American Illustrators Gallery, NYC / The Bridgeman Art Library
Listen to this audio clip to learn more about Howard Pyle and the background story of the painting.Alternate idea:
Nice, I really prefer the cover you went with as the final. The other comp looks French with that red-to-blue.
ReplyDeletenice and appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThe author thinks it's great!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job, i'm curious, what kind of paper stock was used (or will be used) for the cover?
ReplyDelete@ sixfive: The Art Director and I both thought the alternate idea was interesting. But it did suggest France too much.
ReplyDelete@ Prof. Burrows: Thanks. It's always great to know that the author is pleased with their cover.
@ Brandon Hill: Thanks Brandon. There wasn't any budget for jacket effects so I scanned in some parchment paper.
I've always wondered if E.A. Abbey was a bit colorblind. His palette tended toward red and green. Or it might have been the color process of the time. I remember reading about Norman Rockwell painting Post covers for that red/green/black process of theirs. But N.C. Wyeth had a much broader richer mixture of tints even in his dark pictures in Treasure Island.
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