Doré Bibel Auszüge Aus Dem Alten Und Neuen Testament

by Gustave Doré

1983 Printed in Austria by Wiener Verlag. French text w/preface by Walter Dirks.

480 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid 19th century. Doré became very widely known for his illustrations to such books as Dante's Inferno (1861), Don Quixote (1862), and the Bible (1866), and he helped to give European currency to the illustrated book of large . He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty blockcutters. His work is characterized by a rather naïve but highly spirited love of the grotesque and represents a commercialization of the Romantic taste for the bizarre. Drawings of London done in 1869-71 were more sober studies of the poorer quarters of the city and captured the attention of van Gogh. In the 1870s he also took up painting (doing some large and ambitions religious works) and sculpture (the monument to the dramatist and novelist Alexandre Dumas in the Place Malesherbes in Paris, erected in 1883, is his work).

Reviews

[Suzanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just a beautiful collection of Gustave Doré's biblical illustrations. I have loved Doré's illustrations for many years. He was a master of his craft.

This is a welcome addition to my artbook collection. I'm sure I'll be flipping through this book for many years too come!