The Illustrated Alice in Wonderland (The Golden Age of Illustration Series)

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Despite the original stories' reliance on wordplay, puns, and nonsense, Alice has become such an icon that she is often used as a touchstone even within primarily visual media. When Christopher Wheeldon first suggested a ballet version, his designer Bob Crowley reportedly thought he was "completely insane" to make a wordless Wonderland. But the Royal Ballet's 2011 show was a huge hit – not least because of Crowley's designs, which combined familiar Alice shorthands with classical tutus and cutting-edge stagecraft, from op-art projections to a multi-part Cheshire cat puppet. The Queen of Hearts stepped out of an intimidatingly huge crinoline-cum-throne-cum-tank, to dance a parody of a sequence from the ballet Sleeping Beauty: both very Lewis Carroll, and very ballet.

Though he did not illustrate a full edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, German surrealist painter Max Ernst was greatly inspired by the children’s novel and created many works based on Carroll’s book. Ernst’s interest in the story may have been sparked by his experience as a French prisoner of war in 1936, which he related heavily to the novel’s themes of escape and distant lands. He continued to make art in direct reference to Alice for much of his life after that, until 1970. One striking example of this is his painting Alice in 1941 (1941), depicting the titular Alice in a surrealist natural world, which appears to be painted red in reference to Carroll’s novel. Painting the roses red has many different meanings in the novel and pop culture, and here it adds a sense of illusion and disguises to Ernst’s artwork. Bayley, Melanie (6 March 2010). "Algebra in Wonderland". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 March 2010 . Retrieved 13 March 2010. Elenore Abbott (with the Tenniel illustrations), George W. Jacobs & Co., no date (c. 1920, the date of a personal inscription in this copy), The Washington Square Classics The Cheshire church that inspired the enduringly popular Alice's Adventure in Wonderland". Cheshire Live. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 18 September 2022. Pat Andrea, published by Editions Diane de Selliers in 2006 (bilingual French and English edition of both Alice and Looking-Glass)Demakos, Matt. Cut-Proof-Print. From Tenniel’s Hands to Carroll’s Eyes. Stuffing the Teapot Press, 2021. Alice has long been a touchstone for fashion, too. Vivienne Westwood, Zac Posen, Viktor & Rolf, and John Galliano have all sent looks down the runway inspired by Caroll's characters and Tenniel's drawings, while the transformative, otherworldly possibilities of Wonderland hold appeal for fashion shoots.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [exhibition item]". University of Maryland Libraries. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021 . Retrieved 13 January 2023.

Rare Manuscripts". Life. Vol.20, no.15. 15 April 1946. pp.101–105. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022 . Retrieved 24 January 2022. While Sir John Tenniel is well known as the original Aliceillustrator, many other accomplished artists have depicted the adventures of this beloved little girl.

Golden, Catherine. Serials to Graphic Novels: The Evolution of the Victorian Illustrated Book. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2017. Helen Oxenbury, Alice published by Walker in a signed limited edition in 1999 & Looking-Glass in 2005 Oxenbury won the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award for Alice Mathematics and logic are central to Alice. [50] As Carroll was a mathematician at Christ Church, it has been suggested that there are many references and mathematical concepts in both this story and Through the Looking-Glass. [51] [52] Literary scholar Melanie Bayley asserts in the New Scientist magazine that Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland in its final form as a satire of mid-19th century mathematics. [53] Eating and devouring [ edit ]One of the most beautiful editions of the Carroll classic is also one of the earliest color ones — a glorious 1949 edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ( public library), illustrated by artist Leonard Weisgard. The vibrant, textured artwork exudes a certain mid-century boldness that makes it as much a timeless celebration of the iconic children’s book as it is a time-capsule of bygone aesthetic from the golden age of illustration and graphic design. Gänzl, Kurt (2001). The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Vol.1 (2ded.). Schirmer Books. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0-02-864970-2. OCLC 45715912. When thousands lined streets to meet royals". Warrington Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 18 September 2022. The book has never been out of print and has been translated into 174 languages. Its legacy covers adaptations for screen, radio, art, ballet, opera, musicals, theme parks, board games and video games. [5] Carroll published a sequel in 1871 entitled Through the Looking-Glass and a shortened version for young children, The Nursery "Alice" in 1890. Collingwood, Stuart Dodgson (1898). The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson). London: T. Fisher Unwin. OCLC 1048318425.