Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost" (Dover Pictorial Archives)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (811 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486277194 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 64 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
shaolin step said Quality Book with Great Illustration. Very beautiful illustrations. I have purchased Dore's Divine Comedy illustrations and was interested in this one as well. Anyone with an admiration for this type of work would enjoy owning this book for the price.An honest and unpaid review, -shaolin. Anonymous said Gorgeous renderings, truly imaginative. Gorgeous reproductions of Dore's work. Such beautiful renderings that really transport you. I made some high quality copies to frame and hang on my walls to get even more enjoyment out of them. Highly recommended.. Dore's Illustration's for ''Paradise Lost'' I absolutley appreciate the gifts and the ability to illustrate and these prints are magnificant. I don't have the words to use to describe these works of art. If a student of art is looking for great art then I recommend this as reference and to add to ones owen collection.
Appropriate quotes from the text of Paradise Lost are printed alongside each illustration. Gustave Doré's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve, the Flood, Moses holding up the Ten Commandments, and the fearsome creatures Milton referred to as "Gorgons, a
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 Doré 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. 1866.. From the Back CoverGustave Doré's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. Appropriate quotes from the text of Paradise Lost are printed alongside each illustration. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from heaven, Ada