Gustave Dore (1832 83) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dore Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Dore's personal favorites. The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Dore produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. From the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to...
Gustave Dore (1832 83) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dore Bible was a treasured possession in countles...
"His Don Quixote from its first to its last page is] a marvel of imagination, poetry, sentiment, and sarcasm. . . . People still speak of it only as 'Dore's Don Quixote'." Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Dore Dore himself had something of Quixote's chivalry and spent an arduous life drafting impossible dreams; he knew fame as well as pain, disillusionment, and failure. At age 30 he was ready for Quixote and prepared to realize his dream of illustrating the world's great books. Dore never became the painter he yearned to be, but he came very close to realizing his desired...
"His Don Quixote from its first to its last page is] a marvel of imagination, poetry, sentiment, and sarcasm. . . . People still speak of it only ...
Gustave Dore's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. His wood-engraved illustrations for John Milton's monumental epic poem Paradise Lost, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan, were among his finest and most dramatic works. This volume presents superb reproductions of all 50 plates drawn by Dore and engraved in his studios for the original edition of Paradise Lost. Artists and art lovers will find in these pages supreme examples of the illustrator's art. Among...
Gustave Dore's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. His wood-engraved i...
This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Dore, one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world's greatest literature, this volume compiles the very finest and most famous plates from Dore's work. Scores of magnificent, finely wrought engravings feature such dramatic and powerful scenes as Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Christ driving the money-changers from the temple, Moses destroying the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, and Charon rowing his ferry to the gates of Hell....
This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Dore, one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming wi...
One of the great book illustrators of all time, Gustave Dore created richly detailed, brilliantly imaginative scenes of legendary worlds filled with fantastic creatures. This collection of more than ninety illustrations dramatically demonstrates the amazing inventiveness of this remarkable nineteenth-century artist. His fanciful portrayals of sea serpents, fire-breathing dragons, lost souls suffering endless agonies, and scores of other grotesque images were originally drawn for The Bible, Paradise Lost, Don Quixote, The Divine Comedy, and other great works of...
One of the great book illustrators of all time, Gustave Dore created richly detailed, brilliantly imaginative scenes of legendary worlds filled with f...
Before King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, there was Charlemagne and his knights, chief of whom was Roland. L'Epine's story (with humor verging on satire) offers an often fantastical glimpse of the age of chivalry, full of love, honour, betrayal, and battles. The story is well-illustrated by the notable Gustave Dore.
Before King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, there was Charlemagne and his knights, chief of whom was Roland. L'Epine's story (with humor ve...
AHORA EN ESPANOL - "Infierno de Dante" en el formato de un LIBRO DE COMICS Nunca antes ha la obra maestra clasica de Dante sido presentado de esta manera. Ahora puede disfrutar de esta gran obra de la literatura en esta adaptacion simplificada, que incluye las ilustraciones potentes por Gustave Dore.
La historia de la viaje terrible de Dante a traves del infierno no es para los aprensivos. Guiado por la sabiduria de Virgilio, y el amor angelical de Beatrice, Dante debe ser testigo todos los horrores del infierno, antes de alcanzar la paz eterna del Paraiso. Es un poderoso, pero en ultima...
AHORA EN ESPANOL - "Infierno de Dante" en el formato de un LIBRO DE COMICS Nunca antes ha la obra maestra clasica de Dante sido presentado de esta ma...
