Page design is improved with different cropping drama and coherence are enhanced by new placement on the spread size is changed for emphasis and variety a bird's-eye view of the choir is rotated for a more vertiginous effect. Most of the original Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction is reproduced in this oversize celebratory volume, along with lots of preliminary sketches, new commentary, and revised, or newly deployed, art. Indeed, seeing how this Caldecott winner would alter a perennial favorite is as fascinating as becoming privy to its origins. They are understandably timid," he confides). On its twenty-fifth anniversary, the author recounts the origins of his first book and suggests revisions he'd make in light of what he's learned ("the drawings for Cathedral were among my first serious attempts at working with pen and ink. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Building the Book Cathedral provides an opportunity to examine Macaulay's unique problem-solving skills as he looks back over two and a half decades at the book that launched his distinguished career. He describes how perspective, scale, and contrast can be used to connect a reader with concepts, and how placement of a picture on a page can make a difference in the way information is communicated. He introduces the basic elements of structure and sequence and explains why one angle of a drawing may be better for conveying an idea than another. Here Macaulay traces the evolution of his creative process in "building" that first book, from the initial concept to the finished drawings.
BUILDING THE BOOK CATHEDRAL includes the content of CATHEDRAL in its entirety. CATHEDRAL received a Caldecott Honor Medal and is now considered a classic. David Macaulay's first book, CATHEDRAL, introduced readers around the world to his unique gift for presenting architecture and technology in simple terms, and for demystifying even the most complex of concepts. It has been twenty-six years since the publication of CATHEDRAL.
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