Application of Papercutting: Art with Modern Illustration

Meina Zhang
Illustration (School of Graduate Studies)

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Title
Application of Papercutting: Art with Modern Illustration
Contributor Names
Zhang, Meina (Author)
Reitschel, Barbara (Thesis advisor)
Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Illustration (Degree granting institution)
Date
2023
Degree Information
M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2023
Department: Illustration
Advisor: Barbara Reitschel
Committee member: Brendan Leach
Abstract
This paper explores the origins and evolution of the paper cutting art, as well as its impact on contemporary illustration. Paper cutting is defined by engraving, carving, and pattern design on flat material. It has an extensive history universally but especially in the Western Zhou Dynasty, China.
Before the invention of paper, societies used leaves, silk, bone, wood, and gold foil to make the engraved designs. This qualifying paper will discuss the possibility of adapting paper cutting to contemporary illustration art by comparing the difference between regional cultural aspects and the traditional, modern aspects in paper cutting. In addition, some artists' works will be analyzed to explore the application of paper cutting elements in modern illustration.
Subject
Paper art
Illustrators
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Identifier
FIT Repository ID: etd_000997
Type
Text
Thesis
Language
English

Citation

Zhang, M. (2023). Application of Papercutting: Art with Modern Illustration [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179285
Zhang, Meina. Application of Papercutting: Art with Modern Illustration. 2023. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179285
Zhang, Meina. "Application of Papercutting: Art with Modern Illustration." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2023. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/179285