Book Of HoursBook Of HoursA Wordless Novel Told In 99

WOOD ENGRAVINGSA Wordless Novel Told In 99

WOOD ENGRAVINGS

HistoryHistoryThe concept of The Book of Hours has originated from the middle ages

Significance of Engravings

Significance of Engravings

Process was invented in the 16th century by a Swiss artist Urs Graf

The wood was used to make a press so that it would be easy to mass produce books and artwork

Very popular in Japanese art culture

George A. WalkerGeorge A. WalkerAward winning wood engraver

Inspired by artists like Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, and Otto Nuckel

Past InfluencePast Influence

9/119/11

A series of coordinated suicide terrorist attacks against the United States in New York and Washington areas

Planned by Al-Qaeda

Book of HoursBook of Hoursoutlines the victims of 9/11 who live in routine with their daily lives with no expectation of the impending devastation

Theme: terror and innocence

Book of HoursBook of HoursWho: Residents of New York

What: typical American day in New York

When: September 10 2001- morning of Sept 11 2001

Where: New York City

Why: Capture the mindset of the unprepared and the way that these innocent routines are viewed so differently by the reader because they know how the story ends

What makes it non-linear

What makes it non-linear

no use of words

visual imagery only

each image is a story of its own portraying different emotions and forcing the reader to imagine the outcome of the characters within the image

What makes it non-linear

What makes it non-linear

plot doesn’t follow one character

story of an entire city

every image contributes to the mood and the narrative of the story

story is in chronological order so we know the outcome it is leading to