Rebecca Heavner

Publications and Presentations

Heavner, R. L. (2019). A Companion to Illustration. Wiley Blackwell Companions to Art History, 666. https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/doi/book/10.1002/9781119185574 Rebecca Heavner, M.L.A instructor and author, “The Theory, Character and Making of Imagery, Chapter 2: Conceptual Illustration: Framework and Methodologies,” A Companion to Illustration.vol. 15., edited by Alan Male, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, 2019., pp.47-58

Alan Male, editor writes, "A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development. Illustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural infrastructure; it dispenses knowledge and education, it commentates and delivers journalistic opinion, it persuades, advertises and promotes, it entertains and provides for all forms of narrative fiction. A Companion to Illustration explores the definition of illustration through cognition and research and its impact on culture. It explores illustration’s boundaries and its archetypal distinction, the inflected forms of its parameters, its professional, contextual, educational and creative applications. This unique reference volume offers insights into the expanding global intellectual conversation on illustration through a compendium of readings by an international roster of scholars, academics and practitioners of illustration and visual communication.