FEATURES OF THE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF THE FIRST DRAWED NOVEL KARAN D'ASHA "MAESTRO"
The article analyses the unfinished pictorial novel “Maestro” by the French political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré, who worked under the name Karan d'Ache. It is one of the earliest examples of a piece of art that can be defined as a sample of visual literature. In this art form, pictorial narrative is represented in a form of a book which tells the story only visually, without using any words at all. The article discusses two aspects: the process of creating a novel, especially the creative method and approach of the artist, as well as the specific visual language that the author uses create a clear wordless narrative.