Doré Gustave Livres

Presents 190 illustrations by Gustave Dore that were inspired by the novel "Don Quixote", with sketches of the story's characters, settings, and events

Gustave Doré's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. 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. Among the events 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, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire."The dreamlike, otherworldly quality Doré often brought to his work seems especially appropriate for Paradise Lost with its lofty spirit and epic events. Indeed, Doré's grand conception seems to realize perfectly Milton's own poetic version. Appropriate quotes from the text of Paradise Lost are printed alongside each illustration. A plot summary of the entire poem is also included.

This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Doré, one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world's greatest literature, this volume compiles the very finest and most famous plates from Doré's work.Scores of magnificent, finely wrought engravings feature such dramatic and powerful scenes as Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Christ driving the money-changers from the temple, Moses destroying the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, and Charon rowing his ferry to the gates of Hell. Sources include immortal stories ranging from Milton's Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy to Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Poe's "The Raven," and more than a dozen other books.For graphic artists and designers, this collection will provide an outstanding assortment of royalty-free images. For lovers of art and literature, these inspired plates will provide the definitive imagery of a host of literary classics.

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.

London in the middle of the 1800s was a subject endlessly sketched by artists, studied by social reformers, and discussed by writers. This comprehensive collection of drawings by Gustave Doré, France's most celebrated graphic artist of the period, presents a panoramic portrait of that engrossing city — from fashionable ladies riding in a sunlit park to ragged wretches in a shadowy side street. Here are amazingly perceptive sketches of workaday London, busy market places, the Christy Minstrels, a waterman's family, thieves gambling, the Devils' Acre in Westminster, flower girls, waifs and strays, a wedding at the Abbey, provincials in search of lodgings, a garden party, prisoners in the Newgate exercise yard, stalls at Covent Garden Opera House, and many other scenes that capture the London of a bygone era.

Capturing all the dramatic intensity of the New Testament, Gustave Doré’s extraordinary interpretations of the life of Jesus have been carefully reproduced here from early standard editions. Among the many illustrations are scenes from the Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, The Last Supper, and the Crucifixion. Each plate is accompanied by a verse from the King James Version of the Bible.Included in the set • One CD-ROM containing 63 high-quality, permission-free illustrations saved in three different formats (600-dpi TIFF and both high resolution and Internet-ready JPEG)• A large-format 48-page book, with each of the images on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly for easy referenceAlso included on the CD-ROM is Dover Design Manager, a simple graphics editing program for Windows.A splendid collection that anyone would be proud to possess, Dore's Life of Jesus will have special appeal for art lovers and those interested in the Scriptures

One of the great book illustrators of all time, Gustave Doré 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 suffering endless agonies, and scores of other grotesque images were originally drawn for The Bible , Paradise Lost , Don Quixote , The Divine Comedy , and other great works of literature. An excellent reference and an exceptional supply of royalty-free graphics for use by artists and craftspeople, these magnificent illustrations will delight lovers of fine art and anyone fascinated by creatures of myth and fantasy.

Kniha kníh v sprievode pôsobivých ilustrácií majstra Gustava Dorého Biblia alebo Sväté písmo je predovšetkým kódexom kresťanskej filozofie a morálky, je však aj jedinečným a neprekonateľným literárnym dielom. Biblické príbehy fascinujú jednoduchých ľudí i vzdelancov, inšpirujú spisovateľov a básnikov, no ich dramatický náboj, obraznosť a extatickosť sú výzvou najmä pre výtvarných umelcov. Túto knihu biblických príbehov z domácich a zo zahraničných biblických prameňov zostavil Pavel Plesník. Dopĺňajú ich reprodukcie 241 drevorytov všestranne nadaného Paula Gustava Louisa Christopha Dorého. Umelcove technické majstrovstvo, nápaditosť a zmysel pre dramatickosť dali jeho ilustráciám klasických diel svetovej literatúry neprekonateľnú kvalitu, ktorá očarúva ďalšie a ďalšie generácie čitateľov. Dorého Svätá Biblia (La Grande Bible de Tours) vyšla prvý raz v roku 1866 a zaznamenala mimoriadny úspech.