{"id":5119,"date":"2022-03-22T08:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T08:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5119"},"modified":"2024-02-08T09:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T09:33:33","slug":"media-books-tove-jansson-the-illustrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5119","title":{"rendered":"BOOK REViEW: Tove Jansson, The Illustrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"749\" height=\"965\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5470-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5138\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5470-1.jpg 749w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5470-1-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Due out October, this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I just put in an advance order for the book pictured above. Partly because I\u2019m a trifle disappointed with this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5471-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A book of removable prints.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above is, in some respects, a thing of great beauty and loveliness. The reason I\u2019m a tad disappointed in it is the picture selections. I adore Tove Jansson\u2019s art. And I was hoping there would be more of my favourite images in this book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Designed to be removable, for framing, the card stock the images are printed on is appropriately heavy. And the image quality is terrific. It\u2019s just the selections that cause my less than jubilant feelings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-820x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-820x1024.jpg 820w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-768x959.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-1231x1536.jpg 1231w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5473-1641x2048.jpg 1641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stilt walking in Comet in Moominland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I really hope the new pre-ordered book has a lot more of what I like best!? Of the 22 main or large images reproduced in this frame-able prints book, only one &#8211; pictured above &#8211; is from the choices <em>I would\u2019ve made<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are a few of the images I was disappointed <em>not to find<\/em> in this book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"497\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5469.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5469.jpg 340w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5469-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The haunting Lonely Mountains.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"524\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5474.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5124\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5474.jpg 524w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_5474-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Another absent favourite.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The above cover image is from a fab Jansson book, in which there are numerous lovely illustrations.  Sadly barely any of which are in the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are, in addition to the full size colour \u2018plates\u2019 (as they used to call \u2018em!), a number of delightful smaller black and white images. But again, the dejection is not as rich as I\u2019d have liked.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just put in an advance order for the book pictured above. Partly because I\u2019m a trifle disappointed with this: The above is, in some respects, a thing of great beauty and loveliness. The reason I\u2019m a tad disappointed in it is the picture selections. I adore Tove Jansson\u2019s art. And I was hoping there &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=5119\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOOK REViEW: Tove Jansson, The Illustrators&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-1kz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5119"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11508,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5119\/revisions\/11508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}