Arabian Nights Illustrated (eBook)

Art of Dulac, Folkard, Parrish and Others

Jeff A. Menges (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
144 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-13903-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Inspired by tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and other exotic characters, this original collection features more than 185 color and black-and-white images by acclaimed artists from the Golden Age of Illustration.

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According to legend, a resourceful bride won a stay of execution by captivating a sultan with a series of fantastic tales—and after 1,001 nights, the sultan could not bear to part with his storyteller. More than a thousand years later, readers continue to fall under the spell of the romantic adventures known as the Arabian Nights. This original collection features rare and unusual illustrations inspired by the traditional tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and a host of other exotic characters.Spanning the decades between the 1890s and the 1920s, this volume draws upon images from the Golden Age of Illustration, when technological advances in printing led to a boom in the publication of artwork. Drawings and paintings by Maxfield Parrish, Edmund Dulac, Charles Folkard, and other acclaimed artists of the era appear here, in more than 185 color and black-and-white illustrations with captions. Abounding in mystery and excitement, these scenes from the timeless tales of heroism will captivate all lovers of fantasy and fairy tales, as well as collectors of rare books and art and illustration enthusiasts.

Inhalt

Frontispiece — René Bull, 1912Title page — René Bull, 1912Dedication page — René Bull, 1912Will and Frances Brundage, The Arabian Nights, 1893René Bull, The Arabian Nights, 1912Thomas B. Dalziel and A. W. Cooper, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 1902Edmund Dulac, Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1907Sindbad the Sailor & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1913Charles Folkard, The Arabian Nights, 1913H. J. Ford, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1898Thomas Mackenzie, Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp; In Rhyme, 1920Maxfield Parrish, The Arabian Nights; Their Best-Known Tales, 1909Louis Rhead, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 1916Charles Robinson, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Perie Banou, 1913Milo Winter, The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 1914

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• ISBN-10: 0-486-13903-4 / 0486139034
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-13903-6 / 9780486139036