book art
Pages become art
Book art encompasses creative works that use books as medium or subject.
It includes altered books—existing volumes cut, folded, or painted into sculptures—as well as artist's books designed from scratch as visual or tactile experiences rather than conventional reading material.
The term also covers book-inspired illustrations and photography: Her book art transforms old encyclopedias into intricate paper landscapes.
- Gutenberg pressFirst European movable-type device
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- leather toolingDecorating hide with impressions
- gold leafUltra-thin decorative metal
- pop-up booksTomes with rising illustrations
accordion fold · embossing · mixed media · gilding · graphic novels · marbling · zines · altered · assemblage · paper cutting · cut paper · illuminated manuscripts · serif fonts · visual storytelling · collage · interactive books · etching · medieval manuscripts
- illustrationpainting, drawing, watercolor, sketch, charcoal
- book culturereading, reader, bookworm, bibliophile, bookshelf
- paper craftsorigami, paper folding, paper cutting, kirigami, quilling
- collagecollage, paper collage, photo collage, digital collage, cutout
- book artshandmade books, limited editions, hand-crafted books, pop-up books, flip books
- bookplatesbookplates, ex libris, engraved plates, decorative plates, personalized plates
book artreading material
Written works for perusal
textbook · reference book · pulp fiction · instruction manual · trade paperback
book artdigital art
Computer-generated visual work
performance art · video art · sound art · land art · canvas painting