At the age of 16, Gustave Dor was the highest-paid illustrator in France. Twenty years later, in 1868, at the peak of his artistic genius, he produced magnificent illustrations for Jean de La Fontaine's witty and high polished Fables poems and timeless tales with charming images of country folk and animal life, as well as heroes from Greek mythology and creatures from fables by Aesop. Thi…
Questo è il primo dei due libri che Tiemme Edizioni Digitali dedica alle splendide illustrazioni che l'artista francese Gustave Doré creò per la Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri. Sono qua riportate le 75 opere realizzate da Doré per la prima delle tre cantiche dell'immortale capolavoro del grande poeta fiorentino: l' Inferno (con in didascalia l'indicazione dei rispettivi canti di apparte…
Questo è il secondo dei due libri che Tiemme Edizioni Digitali dedica alle splendide illustrazioni che l'artista francese Gustave Doré creò per la Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri. Sono qua riportate le 42 opere realizzate da Doré per la seconda cantica ( Purgatorio ) e le XX opere per la terza cantica ( Paradiso ) dell'immortale capolavoro del grande poeta fiorentino, con in didascalia l…
One of the most popular (and most prolific) illustrators of all time, Gustave Dor (18321883) established his reputation with works of art that exuded a romantic style, an abundance of detail, and a dramatic use of light and shade. This collection of drawings, created during Dore's trip to Spain with a friend in the 1870s, includes a haunting view of Barcelona's prison of the Inquisition, dynami…
One of the greatest book illustrators of all time, nineteenth-century artist Gustave Dor was particularly noted for his brilliantly imaginative scenes of fantasy and the fantastic. Angels, among his most frequently portrayed characters, were inspired, visually stunning creations. This collection reproduces dozens of these celestial beings, all dramatically illustrated and originally drawn for s…
One of the great book illustrators of all time, Gustave Dor created richly detailed, brilliantly imaginative scenes of legendary worlds filled with fantastic creatures. This collection of more than ninety illustrations dramatically demonstrates the amazing inventiveness of this remarkable nineteenth-century artist. His fanciful portrayals of sea serpents, fire-breathing dragons, lost souls suff…
This collection contains 208 of Dore's finest illustrations for Ariosto's magnificent epic poem, painstakingly reproduced from a beautifully printed 19th century German edition. The illustrations range from brilliant quick sketches to highly finished and shaded studies, many of which convey an incomparable feeling of metaphysical gloom. Against this stark backdrop, a panorama of jousting knight…
Gustave Dor (183283) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Dor Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Dor's personal favorites. The present volume rep…
The exuberant art of Gustave Dor (183283) has influenced romantics and realists around the world. A self-taught child prodigy who met with early and resounding success, Dor ranks among the most prolific and popular illustrators of all time. Known as "the master of the fantastic," he excelled in conveying dramatic action in memorable settings. This original collection assembles for the first tim…
Long regarded as the standard history of the subject, Franois Michaud's History of the Crusades, published in 1877, recorded over four centuries of passionate, bloody wars that brought the countries and cultures of Asia and Europe into conflict with one another. To illustrate Michaud's classic study, Gustave Dor executed 100 striking plates, capturing all the savagery, nobility, and vast swee…