The best-selling 'The Way Things Work,' a compendium ofĮxplanations about simple and complicated technologies, from the lever and the screw to photo-copiers and nuclear fission, appeared in 1988 the book featured Macaulay's witty drawings and technical text by Neil Ardley.
The books, informed by Macaulay's extensive research, are illustrated with his intricate and richly detailed pen and ink drawings. Macaulay, 61, is best known for a series of large-format picture books that began with 'Cathedral' in 1973 and continued with 'City,' 'Pyramid,' 'Castle,' 'Unbuilding' and 'Mill.' Each tells a story, in slightly fictionalized form, of the planning and building of the edifice of the title. Only three books signed per adult, and one must be purchased in the museum shop. The event, included with regular Dixon admission, includes games, refreshments, music, an illustrated talk by Macaulay and a booksigning session. for 'Family Day' activities - no haircuts involved - in conjunction with the exhibition 'Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay,' on display through March 30. Local fans of Macaulay's work will be celebrating Saturday when he appears at Dixon Gallery and Gardens from 1 to 4 p.m. Last week, author and artist David Macaulay celebrated the completion of a long project, 'The Body Book' - 'longer than anything I've worked on,' he said in a telephone interview- by getting a haircut and shaving his beard. All I'll say in addition is that in case you missed it at the beginning, you'll discover the book's play on words at the end of the story.Things are pretty quiet in Norwich, Vt. Once you have completed reading the book for the first time and read the delivered message, each subsequent reading will have additional meaning for you. After being charged with an important message, the pigeon treats us to a tour of one of our ancient cities of the world, but during modern day, to deliver the message to the intended recipient. The book follows the antics of a homing pigeon through the streets of Rome.
The images are the lesson on Rome's many ancient and historical buildings and sites. Rome Antics still contains plenty of architectural drawings, but the story itself is different and not historically based.
This beautifully drawn, carefully written tale is a slight departure from everything else I've seen by the amazing David Macaulay.
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