Saturday 5 July 2014

The Lost Art Of The Cutaway

image credit: James Vaughan

The purpose of a cutaway drawing is to allow the viewer to have a look into an otherwise solid opaque object. Instead of letting the inner object shine through the surrounding surface, parts of outside object are simply removed.

The best stuff surely came out of the mid twentieth century, a golden age of illustration that generated a voracious public demand for new graphic art in magazines and periodicals.

(thanks Sean)

1 comment(s):

Wizard said...

I've always been fascinated with cutaways. The details made it seem like I had a superpower, much like Superman.