God’s Man
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God’s Man is a 1929 wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward, renowned for its powerful woodcut illustrations that explore themes of ambition, art, and fate.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphic novel precursor
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wordless novel ⓘ |
| artMovement | Expressionism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Lynd Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | unnamed artist ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Lynd Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | renowned for powerful woodcut illustrations ⓘ |
| depicts |
artists’ exploitation
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poverty and wealth contrast ⓘ urban and rural environments ⓘ |
| followedBy | Madman’s Drum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | a struggling artist’s life ⓘ |
| format | sequential woodcut images ⓘ |
| genre |
expressionist art
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graphic narrative ⓘ wordless novel ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
Faustian bargain
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masked stranger offering a magic brush ⓘ rise and fall of an artist ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dramatic chiaroscuro
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dynamic, cinematic composition ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
| illustrator | Lynd Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the graphic novel form
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later comics artists and graphic novelists ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Frans Masereel’s wordless novels ⓘ |
| medium | woodcut prints ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
ambition
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art ⓘ corruption ⓘ fate ⓘ temptation ⓘ the cost of success ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
early example of American graphic storytelling
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told entirely without words ⓘ uses high-contrast black-and-white woodcuts ⓘ |
| numberOfIllustrations | 139 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | none (wordless) ⓘ |
| partOf | Lynd Ward’s cycle of wordless novels ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed city ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alienation in modern society
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moral consequences of ambition ⓘ relationship between art and commerce ⓘ |
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