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All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page | 
 enlarge | Author: Jerelle Kraus
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 259359
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0231138245
Dewey Decimal Number: 071.471
EAN: 9780231138246
ASIN: 0231138245
Publication Date: October 16, 2008
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All the Art That's Fit to Print reveals the true story of the world's first Op-Ed page, a public platform that& mdash;in 1970& mdash;prefigured the Internet blogosphere. Not only did the New York Times's nonstaff bylines shatter tradition, but the pictures were revolutionary. Unlike anything ever seen in a newspaper, Op-Ed art became a globally influential idiom that reached beyond narrative for metaphor and changed illustration's very purpose and potential. Art director Jerelle Kraus, whose thirteen-year Op-Ed tenure far exceeds that of any other art director or editor, unveils a riveting account of working at the Times. Her insider anecdotes include the reasons why artist Saul Steinberg hated the Times, why editor Howell Raines stopped the presses to kill a feature by Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau, and why reporter Syd Schanburg& mdash;whose story was told in the movie The Killing Fields& mdash;stated that he would travel anywhere to see Kissinger hanged, as well as Kraus's tale of surviving two and a half hours alone with the dethroned peerless outlaw, Richard Nixon. All the Art features a satiric portrayal of John McCain, a classic cartoon of Barack Obama by Jules Feiffer, and a drawing of Hillary Clinton and Obama by Barry Blitt. But when Frank Rich wrote a column discussing Hillary Clinton exclusively, the Times refused to allow Blitt to portray her. Nearly any notion is palatable in prose, yet editors perceive pictures as a far greater threat. Confucius underestimated the number of words an image is worth; the thousand-fold power of a picture is also its curse.Op-Ed's subject is the world, and its illustrations are created by the world's finest graphic artists. The 142 artists whose work appears in this book hail from thirty nations and five continents, and their 324 pictures-gleaned from a total of 30,000-reflect artists' common drive to communicate their creative visions and to stir our vibrant cultural-political pot.
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Brilliant November 23, 2008
Carolyn Wells (Michigan, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a privileged insider view of a process and an aspect of the news that's mysterious to most of us. What an irreverent and refreshing window on the world of editorial art. I will use All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't) in my university course: Interpretive Journalism.
Mesmerizing revelations about The New York Times November 22, 2008
Arthur Dworin (new york)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Nothing tops this for sheer beauty and outrageous insider anecdotes. I was so intrigued that I read it straight through last weekend. The writing is authoritative, humorous, and stylish; and the pictures on every page are compelling and gorgeous. This book will forever grace my coffee table.
I learned how the world's first Op-Ed page began and that Times Op-Ed art was exhibited in the Louvre but not the U.S. The author's 3 hours alone with Richard Nixon is hilarious, and the struggles between editors and artists are riveting.
As Bill Maher blurbs, "To discover what really goes on inside the belly of the media beast, read 'All the Art That's Fit to Print.' The 'Some That Wasn't' are never-published illustrations censored by Times poobahs and revealed here for the first time."
This classy, inexpensive, coffee-table book is my gift this year to each of my relatives and friends.
This book is FIT! November 24, 2008
E.C. (usa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a fascinating and exciting book about the power of editorial illustration and all the political events the art covers. Not only does this book allow readers to get an almost tactile experience with the process and creation of OpEd art, it also let's us in on the intrigue surrounding scenarios which unfolded once the art was delivered. The book is such fun to read--it's loaded with facts and anecdotes about world events as well as biographical information about artists we want to know about. Reading about the way in which art was perceived by editors at the New York Times is utterly the most enjoyable and humorous thing about the book because art was turned down for often such absurd reasons. The art in this book is incredible--and the book reveals how potent art and visual communication is in our society. Jerelle Kraus shows us how art takes us places and yet how misunderstood it can be. Reading this book, I feel I just took a great ride through art and culture. Jerelle Kraus has masterfully taken us on an amazing adventure and has written a beautiful and enormously important book!
as good as it gets November 25, 2008
jean claude suares
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The saga of an art form that gets little respect from the newspaper that has profited from its remarkable qualities for nearly 4 decades. A book packed with wonderful examples of the art of the modern political cartoonist. Everything from the most famous to the mere grunt.
A thousand pictures tell quite a story November 27, 2008
Barry (NY, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've ever wondered why the Old Gray Lady is so gray, read this wonderful book about the illustrations that have appeared in a prime spot on the pages of The New York Times. The images presented here are easily worth the price of the book by themselves, but the anecdotes and explanations raise the work to a higher level for what they reveal about the way the events of the day are processed into the News at America's foremost paper.
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