The Composites: Police Sketches of Literary Characters
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"Incredible...IQ84 meets CSI." The Atlantic"Brilliant, and refreshingly unsentimental." The Guardian"A mashup of high and low culture." CNETOne of the most popular web art projects of the year is now in book form. Using police-style composite sketch software, artist and author Brian Joseph Davis smashes character descriptions and reader interpretations together to create uncanny, compelling portraits of literature's most infamous criminals, outsiders and anti-heroes. Includes 45 images from throughout literary history, full-color design, an essay on the evolving nature of character and fiction in the digital age and excerpts from authors Herman Melville, Charlotte and Emily Bront, Victor Hugo, Bram Stoker, Gustave Flaubert, J.-K Huysmans, and Thomas Mann.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1478337176
ISBN13:9781478337171
Release Date:August 2012
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:66 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:8.5" x 0.2" x 8.5"
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