Reviews

Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s by Rian Hughes

avedon_arcade's review

4.0

One of the best collected and curated books on the art of a decade of groundbreaking style and design.

absentminded_reader's review

5.0

Much of the illustration of the 60s & 70s never appealed to me. As a young boy I couldn't understand why ugly was IN. This book helped me understand the evolution of lifestyle illustration through the 60s as it competed with photography in a dwindling market. I still dislike much of it, with the gritty underpainting and garish colors leaning towards oranges and greens. However, there was some great work done, and I'm glad to have discovered it in these pages.