Rackham's Color Illustrations for Wagner's &quote;Ring&quote; (eBook)

Arthur Rackham (Autor)

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2013
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-31900-1 (ISBN)

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This edition of Rackham's images, widely regarded as the greatest representations of Wagner's drama, comprises 64 full-page color illustrations and 9 vignettes from Siegfried, The Twilight of the Gods, The Rhinegold, and The Valkyrie.

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"e;His pictures, which seemed to me then [aged 13] to be the very music made visible, plunged me a few fathoms deeper into my delight. I have seldom coveted anything as I coveted that book."e; — C.S. LewisBefore portraying Wagner's "e;Ring,"e; Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) had become England's leading illustrator through his interpretations of fairy and fantastic books: Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With his insight into elves, twisted oaks, and bearded heroes, Wagner was the logical step: with the "e;Ring,"e; Rackham brought his talent for ethereal watercolor and line into new realms of adult mythology.This edition reproduces, in full color, all 64 watercolor illustrations from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (1911) and The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie (1912). The original English and American editions also contained black-and-white vignettes and tailpieces, a selection of which appear here: the original text, a dated English translation of the libretto, has been replaced by comprehensive descriptive captions and an introduction by James Spero.Rackham poured all his mature fancy into the "e;Ring."e; The gnarled Nibelung Alberich sports with teasing Rhinemaidens, fiery Loge and lordly Wotan tussle with giants and serpents. An ecstatic Brünnhilde is finally consumed on Siegfried's funeral pyre in perhaps the most successful representation of this scene anywhere, either graphically or theatrically. Wagner's Teutonic forests and caves give Rackham free reign for his brooding, haunting nature backgrounds; characters, costumes, and all the tiny details are painted with such textual accuracy and empathy that today's opera companies who wish to return to staging the "e;Ring"e; in the traditional manner turn to Rackham's paintings for guidance.The painstaking reproduction of these artworks brings Arthur Rackham's most heroic visions to the many collectors and admirers who cannot obtain the expensive out-of-print editions. With the aid of the clear captions, the Wagnerian cycle may be followed once again in its most time-honored and rich interpretation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.7.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Einführung: James Spero
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: 15 hours • Alberich • andrew porter • Anima • Aragorn • Archetype • ART • art books • Arthur Rackham • art truly • Atlantic • Battle • blatant anti-semitism • Book illustrations • books on 15 hours • books on andrew porters • books on character designs • books on craig russell • books on der rings • books on fantasy arts • books on father lees • books on father owens • books on german texts • books on japanese woodblocks • books on lyric operas • books on met operas • books on metropolitan operas • books on opera histories • books on opera librettos • books on opera lovers • books on opera plots • books on owen lee, • books on ring cycles • books on singing operas • books on stage productions • books on tolkien 's lords • books on van winkles • books on world literatures • British • British Art • Brunhilde • brunnhilde • Character Design • Classical • Collective Unconscious • conscious • craig russell • Curse • Der Ring • des nibelungen • Drama • Drawings • Edda • Eisner Award • English • English translation • EPIC • Fafner • Fairy tales • Fantasy • Fantasy Art • father lee • father owen • Folklore • Frodo • German • germanic myth • german text • Gods • gold stolen • Gollum • Heroes • illustrators • introductory material • japanese woodblock • jung • leitmotifs • Lewis • Libretti • Loge • Lord of the Rings • lyric opera • met opera • Metropolitan Opera • MIME • Mundi • music • Mythology • Nature • nibelung • Nibelungenlied • Nordic • Norse • norse gods • Norse mythology • Opera • opera history • Opera in Art • opera librettos • opera lovers • opera plots • operas • operatic • owen lee • Peter Pan • physical artifact • Poe • poetic edda • Poster • Posters • powers derived • Prose • recordings • Rheingold • Rhine • rhinemaidens • Richard Wagner • Ring • ring cycle • ring des • rip van • Romantic • Saga • Siegfried • Siegmund • singing opera • spectrum • spiritus • stage production • Summaries • Sword • Tolkien • tolkien's lord • Treasury • van winkle • wagnerian • wagnerite • wagners • Wagner's Ring • watercolor • Watercolors • World literature • Wotan
• ISBN-10: 0-486-31900-8 / 0486319008
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-31900-1 / 9780486319001