I began by looking at a cover from a book that discusses the class system, and some of the then modern anxieties of the time. The book is scholarly, formal and distanced from the people in question, much like the illustration itself. Looking at modern day illustrations on modern anxieties, and often their accompanying articles, the stance is personal. I am a little concerned that the two subjects may be too unrelated, so perhaps in the final article I will look elsewhere than to the previous illustration I wrote about. Interestingly, the same illustration is used for a similar book cover for another book by Vance Packard about advertising, which may tie in nicely with the following:
It has been suggested that I look at illustrator's responses to modern anxieties as before, but also the illustrations, particularly in advertising, that perpetuate these feelings. This will hopefully create a rounded essay with lots of scope.
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