Interaktywne jaskółki intermediów? O Franciszki i Stefana Themersonów książkach dla dzieci
The intermedial and interactive in interwar Poland? The book art of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson
Author(s): Beata ŚniecikowskaSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Associazione Italiana Polonisti (AIP)
Keywords: INTERACTIVITY; INTERMEDIA; AVANT-GARDE; CHILDREN; BOOK ART
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses interactivity and intermediality in the output of the Polish avant-garde artists Franciszka and Stefan Themerson. The author claims that their two-dimensional works created in the 1930s and addressed at children are early examples of interactive strategies activating young readers in search for understanding of the modern world. Non-traditional illustrations, experimental typography and texts far from ‘classical’ literature for children form inseparable verbo-visual entities (named ‘wordgraphy’) where words and images are of equal importance. What happens between the engaged media proves most interesting and most innovative.
Journal: pl.it – rassegna italiana di argomenti polacchi
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 47-66
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish