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The Fantastic Gustave Doré
This glorious, authoritative, and unprecedented retrospective of Doré’s prints and paintings, drawn from an oeuvre of more than 10,000 works, comes in a spectacularly ornate package that reflects the artist’s own dramatic style. If you were a consumer of literature in the nineteenth century, chances are the volumes in your library featured the illustrations of Gustave Doré. From the Bible to Shakespeare, Balzac to Milton, Cervantes to Poe, Doré’s intricate, romantic, and exuberant drawings brought great works to life, and were as treasured as the stories and poetry they depicted. Furthermore, as this magnificent book reveals, he was also a skilled sculptor, painter, and cartoonist. ...
Cats in Art
Unravel the symbolic significance and creative influence of cats in art history through a curated collection of masterpieces, enhanced by timelines, maps, graphs, and quotes. Did you know that, until the Middle Ages, people were wary of half-domestic, half-wild animals? That cats evoked laziness, cruelty, greed, and even lust? And that "having a cat's nose" was a serious physical defect at the time? The cat traverses the history of civilizations and the history of art. Its symbolism fluctuates: revered in ancient Egypt, assimilated to Satan in medieval religious painting, companion to the free and independent artist in the 19th century. Throughout the pages, explore the works of Lorenzo Lotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Francisco de Goya, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Fernand Léger, Balthus, Andy Warhol, and more. Inside, you’ll find: A precise selection of essential and unexpected works Clear visual cues: timelines, maps, graphs A variety of sidebars: anecdotes, background information, influences
Fantástico. Gustave Doré
Una retrospectiva inédita de los grabados más bellos y los cuadros más destacados de Gustave Doré, elegidos entre su obra, constituida por más de 10 000 ilustraciones. Gustave Doré es un artista completo: dibujante, grabador, pintor y escultor. Su genio en la ilustración literaria le valió haber pasado al inconsciente colectivo, haber influido en el cine, la animación, el cómic y la publicidad. Uno de los dibujantes con mayor talento, y de los más prolíficos del siglo xix, Doré abarcó todos los temas: desde la caricatura de los hombres de su época hasta el reportaje de guerra, pasando por la fábula, la poesía, la novela y también la alegoría y el paisaje. La selección de ...
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