Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Southern Cross is the sole wordless novel by Canadian artist Laurence Hyde (1914–1987). In 118 wood engravings, it tells of atomic testing by the US military and its effects on Polynesian island inhabitants. Hyde made the book to express his anger at the US military's nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll in 1946.While working at the National Film Board of Canada, Hyde carved the blocks for Southern Cross from 1948 until 1951. The high-contrast artwork displays dynamic curving lines uncommon in wood engraving, and combines abstract imagery with realistic details. The wordless novel genre had flourished primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, but by the 1940s even the form's most prolific practitioners had moved on to other kinds of work. Hyde had been familiar with some of the books of Lynd Ward, Otto Nückel, and the wordless novel's pioneer Frans Masereel. Illustrator Rockwell Kent provided the introduction to the first edition of Southern Cross, and Hyde dedicated it to the Red Cross Societies and the Society of Friends.. }
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- Southern_Cross_(wordless_novel) abstract "Southern Cross is the sole wordless novel by Canadian artist Laurence Hyde (1914–1987). In 118 wood engravings, it tells of atomic testing by the US military and its effects on Polynesian island inhabitants. Hyde made the book to express his anger at the US military's nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll in 1946.While working at the National Film Board of Canada, Hyde carved the blocks for Southern Cross from 1948 until 1951. The high-contrast artwork displays dynamic curving lines uncommon in wood engraving, and combines abstract imagery with realistic details. The wordless novel genre had flourished primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, but by the 1940s even the form's most prolific practitioners had moved on to other kinds of work. Hyde had been familiar with some of the books of Lynd Ward, Otto Nückel, and the wordless novel's pioneer Frans Masereel. Illustrator Rockwell Kent provided the introduction to the first edition of Southern Cross, and Hyde dedicated it to the Red Cross Societies and the Society of Friends.".