The Doré Bible Illustrations (eBook)

Gustave Doré (Autor)

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2012
256 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13193-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus, 241 plates in all.

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Nowhere but in the Bible were dramatic textual material and the artistry of Gustave Doré more perfectly matched. The Book of Books seemed to unleash a new power of creation in Doré not apparent in his previous work. In the Creation scenes, the horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, the plates depicting the life of Jesus — many of which have now become the standard iconography — and finally the vision of the New Jerusalem, Doré reached the fullest expressions of his extraordinary talent.This book collects all 241 plates — long out of print — that Doré executed for the Bible. In these plates, reproduced from outstanding early editions, the artist not only captures the dramatic intensity of the Scriptures, but sustains it longer than any other single artist was able to do. In addition, Doré reimagined all the scenes, so that what he produced was not a mere reworking of what centuries of other artists had already done, but a new and fresh visual interpretation of the Bible.Each plate is accompanied by the verses from the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible that the scene depicts, and an Introduction by Millicent Rose covers Doré's life and art in general. This is a sumptuous book that everyone, from those interested in Scripture to lovers of great art, will be proud to possess.

Autor

French illustrator Gustave Doré (1833–83) began his prolific career at the age of 15, and his dramatic engravings have exercised an incalculable influence over latter-day artists. The remarkable scope of his work ranges from Milton, Dante, and the Bible to Rabelais, Shakespeare, and street scenes of 19th-century London.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 230 x 230 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
• Schlagworte: Albatross • ancient mariner • Arachne • books on ancient mariners • books on cantos • books on ciardi • books on classic poems • books on dante 's commedias • books on dante 's divines • books on dante 's infernos • books on dante 's poetries • books on divine comedies • books on dorés • books on dorés • books on dovers • books on english classes • books on engravers • books on epic poems • books on gustav • books on home bibles • books on human figures • books on idylls • books on iron maidens • books on king james • books on kubla khan • books on marginal notes • books on milton 's paradises • books on orlando furiosos • books on paradisos • books on prints • books on purgatorios • books on richard burton • books on rimes • books on samuel coleridge • books on samuel taylor • books on taylor coleridges • books on tennyson • books on wedding guests • books on white foams • books on wood engravings • Canto • ciardi • classic poem • commentator • Crusades • Dante • dante's commedia • dante's divine • Dante's Inferno • dante's poetry • deductions • Divine Comedy • doré • doré • Dover • England • english class • engraver • epic poem • giving extra • Gustav • haunting poem • home bible • Human Figures • Idylls • illustrators • Iron Maiden • King James • Kubla Khan • loveth • marginal notes • Milton • milton's paradise • Must-have • Orlando Furioso • Paradise Lost • Paradiso • Plates • pleasure dome • poetical tone • prints • Purgatorio • purgatory • relevant passage • restructures • Richard Burton • Rime • Samuel Coleridge • samuel taylor • school english • slimy • stanza • taylor coleridge • Tennyson • Virgil • volume depicting • wedding guest • white foam • Woodcuts • wood engravings
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13193-9 / 0486131939
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13193-1 / 9780486131931