Fool’s Gold is a collection of handmade books that illustrate selected Grimms’ fairy tales and offer an unexpected interpretation of the actions of the heroes. Each book displays a unique cover decoration, inspired by medieval European treasure bindings. Treasure bindings incorporate dimensional decorative elements such as gems, gold or other metalwork and often depict Christ's suffering. In a similar way, Fool's Gold beautifies the suffering of the protagonists using gold leaf, glass beads and lush illustrations. A traditional hidden fore-edge painting technique is used to reveal more scenes from each story. When the pages are fanned opened, the fore-edge paintings display the gruesome revenge the perceived heroes take upon the villains.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uiowa.edu/oai:ir.uiowa.edu:etd-7781 |
Date | 01 May 2018 |
Creators | Cotten, Nicole |
Contributors | Leonard, Julia Alexander |
Publisher | University of Iowa |
Source Sets | University of Iowa |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | thesis |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses and Dissertations |
Rights | Copyright © 2018 Nicole Cotten |
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