{"id":443,"date":"2017-02-27T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T03:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=443"},"modified":"2017-02-27T22:01:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T03:01:48","slug":"illustrations-with-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/illustrations-with-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Illustrations with Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the following question was posed in class: <strong>&#8220;are there any books\/poems that should never be illustrated?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following were our answers to the question: <strong>&#8220;The Bible, an\u00a0encyclopedia, the dictionary.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alas, after class I googled illustrated versions of all those things&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/824acbc133812436c7eefb74f25bed22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-447\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/824acbc133812436c7eefb74f25bed22-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/824acbc133812436c7eefb74f25bed22-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/824acbc133812436c7eefb74f25bed22-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/824acbc133812436c7eefb74f25bed22.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Encyclopedia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/61KWEHVM0ZL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-445\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/61KWEHVM0ZL-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/61KWEHVM0ZL-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/61KWEHVM0ZL.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dictionary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/childrens-illustrated-dictionary-27-638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-446\" src=\"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/childrens-illustrated-dictionary-27-638-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/childrens-illustrated-dictionary-27-638-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/childrens-illustrated-dictionary-27-638.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, turns out not everyone agrees that The Bible, encyclopedias, and dictionaries should not be illustrated. Though we all thought that these books totalities could not be summed in covers, which I still agree with, I did not consider how <em>interior<\/em> illustrations could be beneficial. Disabled persons, children, and senior citizens all benefit from having these sources of knowledge illustrated. Readers\u00a0associate the word &#8220;bear&#8221; with the big, fluffy, black animal on the page, or better understand what Bible verses mean by analyzing the illustrations&#8230; these pictures help people <em>learn<\/em>. Though the illustrations are not like the\u00a0Dali&#8217;s or Dor\u00e8&#8217;s of the world, they still serve\u00a0an important role in teaching\u00a0others crucial knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the following question was posed in class: &#8220;are there any books\/poems that should never be illustrated?&#8221; The following were our answers to the question: &#8220;The Bible, an\u00a0encyclopedia, the dictionary.&#8221; Alas, after class I googled illustrated versions of all those things&#8230; The Bible Encyclopedia Dictionary Well, turns out not everyone agrees that The Bible, encyclopedias, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/illustrations-with-purpose\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Illustrations with Purpose&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}