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The study "Issues of the Romanian children's book illustration in Romania and Republic of Moldova" was written WITH NO HELP OF THE AI-TECHNOLOGIES, illustrated with tabs, schemes, maps and pictures. The study is especially actual in the context of the final transition to Romanian as the official language in the Republic of Moldova (2023). Illustrations reproduced are from the collections of the Library of the Romanian Academy, National Library of Romania (both in Bucharest) (1643-1996), of the Struwwelpeter Museum (Frankfurt) (1844). The author, PhD Vladimir Kravchenko, based it on the data from two research areas: children's book illustration of Romania and of the Romanian cultural space (fellowship International Youth Library, Munich; grant, Romanian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, among others). There was also added data on the national and international activities of IBBY and UNESCO. There are considered book illustrations representative for the European and Romanian literary and artistic processes, with stress on the professional creative labor, evolution of ideas and art trends found in the books for children of different ages more or less known.
About the author
Vladimir Kravchenko is a designer and a professional researcher of graphic art, focused on children¿s book illustration in the Romanian cultural space. He completed PhD thesis in art history on children¿s book illustrations (2020), authored many articles and a book about famous Moldovan illustrator, has been a freelance author (since 2022).
