This glorious authoritative and unprecedented retrospective of Doré's prints and paintings
drawn from an oeuvre of more than 10 000 works comes in a spectacularly ornate package that
reflects the artist's own dramatic style. If you were a consumer of literature in the
nineteenth century chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of
Gustave Doré. From the Bible to Shakespeare Balzac to Milton Cervantes to Poe Doré's
intricate romantic and exuberant drawings brought great works to life and were as treasured
as the stories and poetry they depicted. Furthermore as this magnificent book reveals he was
also a skilled sculptor painter and cartoonist. This book spans Doré's entire career with
chapters dedicated to specific works such as The Divine Comedy Don Quixote
Tennyson's Idylls of the King and medieval fairy tales-each featuring exquisite full-page
reproductions that allow Doré's genius for line shading and texture to shine through. The
authors also provide a background on the techniques that Doré employed to achieve his exquisite
works. Fans of Doré will appreciate this volume's spectacular production which features
quarter binding gold foil stamping embossing on the cover and spine a belly band and
silkscreen printing on three edges. Filled with incisive analysis and expert historical
perspectives this book is the consummate collector's item-a volume as expansive and
sensational as the artist himself. Ausstattung: Mit 3D-Prägung und drei verschiedenen
Folienprägungen auf der Covervorderseite und Rücken Banderole mit Prägungen Farbschnitt mit
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