My first selection was a book on Contemporary Art in Print, which is rather uninterestingly displayed on the cover. It's interesting that a book that would end up being so chalk-full of vibrant colors and prints would be presented so plainly. The inside of the book had very little space dedicated to text, focusing more on the images that it showcased. What text there was strayed very little from the standard labeling of art, I really liked this approach of keeping the viewer's eyes on what they picked up the book for.
Second in the list was an incredible book that centered around artwork that, though a collection, was no where near a gallery (unless it was outside of one in protest or something of the sort.) The pictures in this book reflected the same level of attention paid to the images in my first selection, but there was a bit more type due to the necessary "need-to-know" nature of the pictures. Without the philosophies to back up the images some of their strength and boldness may be lost on the viewer.
The final book was a nice ending selection by presenting much more text than the first and therefore making
The Art of Rebellion 2 a cozy moderate point between the two. Some pages contained nothing but text, while others were split half and half as an interview took place between author and artist. In the middle of the book there was a 20-or-so page spread dedicated to nothing but full page prints of Chuck Close's work. Of the three layouts I feel like this one will be most useful in creating a catalog of my own for a typography class because of the interesting uses and layouts of type.
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