Abstract
A cursory survey of art textbooks used in tertiary educational institutions in Nigeria indicates that authors and publishers do not pay attention to the use of visual illustrations as a way of elucidating texts. While some art textbooks have badly printed visual illustrations, others do not have any illustrations at all, just as some have seemingly sufficient but irrelevant illustrations. These art textbooks appear to concentrate more on text rather than balancing textual information and visual illustrations for effective communication. Using the analysis of four randomly selected art textbooks used by visual arts students in Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, Nigeria, this paper seeks to verify the volume of text in art textbooks as compared to the number of relevant visual illustrations that go with them. DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n3p47
Highlights
Many people have not placed importance on visual illustrations in texts, ignoring the fact that they are as relevant as textual communication/expressions
The current situation of art textbooks used by visual arts students in Cross River University of Technology is such that some visual illustrations in these art textbooks are badly printed, while some are scanty and some have sufficient illustrations that seem not to be relevant
It is clear that some art textbooks used by art students in Cross River University of Technology (Nigeria) sometimes have unclear visual illustrations that may be irrelevant
Summary
Many people have not placed importance on visual illustrations in texts, ignoring the fact that they are as relevant as textual communication/expressions. The current situation of art textbooks used by visual arts students in Cross River University of Technology is such that some visual illustrations in these art textbooks are badly printed, while some are scanty and some have sufficient illustrations that seem not to be relevant. These arts textbooks appear to concentrate more on text rather than balancing textual information and visual illustrations for effective communication. Using the analysis of four randomly selected art textbooks used by visual arts students in CRUTECH, this paper seeks to verify the volume of text in art textbooks as compared to the number of relevant visual illustrations that go with them
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