| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 設計研究所 === 91 === This research investigates the styles and changes of the Taiwanese illustrator, May Hsu’s illustrations in the past three decades. Through the research, the development of illustration Taiwanese and May Hsu’s role in it can be revealed. The research methods are literature review, illustration collection and analysis, and interview. Succeeding from the research of I and Huang (I, 2000; Huang, 2002; I, Teng, & Huang, 2003), the present research adopt the methodology and categorization and structure of children’s picture books published by government and Shin-Yi Foundation to analyze 1011 illustration created by May Hsu. Besides, Hsu’s statement of her concept and history of creation were recorded through interviewing the artist. There are three stages of the development of Hsu’s works: In the first stage, the beginning stage, (1972-1978) Hsu’s main styles are “comic” and “design conceptual drawing”. The second stage (1977-1988) is Hsu’s maturation stage. The main styles of her works are “design conceptual drawing”, “sentimental realism”, and “sweet and warm”. The third stage is liberation stage, it happened in 1988, overlaps the second stage, and developed again from 1997; the main styles are “design conceptual drawing” and “symbolic images”. Hsu is an artist of many fields, nevertheless, illustrations is the one covers all other fields. But of course, her works of other fields also influenced her illustrations. The detailed depictions of human figures and particularly of costumes show the spirit of the age of I’m. Hsu prepared her personal exhibition-"Game of Observation and Analysis" in 1994, expressing the chaos of after ending the martial law in Taiwan in her mind. The rough and incomplete lines in her works can be found later in her illustrations of 1988. The spirit of her public art influences her change in illustration, which inspires the latter stage about symbolic drawing.
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