"Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gustave Doré" compiled by David Widger is a guide providing access to the artistic legacy of the French artist and illustrator Gustave Doré. As an informational resource, the index categorizes Doré's work highlighting his contributions to famous literature with his detailed illustrations. The compilation showcases an array of titles with Doré's iconic illustrations in well-known works such as "Don Quixote," "The Divine Comedy," and "Gargantua and Pantagruel." The index benefits readers and researchers by allowing them to explore the relationship between text and visual art through Doré's illustrations.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gustave Doré
By Gustave Doré
Explore the artistic legacy of a French artist known for his illustrations of famous literary texts.
Genres
Released
2019-03-16
Formats
epub
mobi
mobi (images)
epub (images)
epub3 (images)
txt
Free Download
Summary
About the AuthorPaul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, especially those for the Vulgate Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy. These achieved great international success, and he became renowned for printmaking, although his role was normally as the designer only; at the height of his career some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image.
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was a French printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings illustrating classic literature, especially those for the Vulgate Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy. These achieved great international success, and he became renowned for printmaking, although his role was normally as the designer only; at the height of his career some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image.
Total Reviews
10.0k
Total reviews from Goodreads may change
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Alexandre Dumas, [père]
By Alexandre Dumas
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John Leech
By John Leech
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gustave Flaubert
By Gustave Flaubert
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Anthony Trollope
By Anthony Trollope
The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions
By Honoré de Balzac
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 2 February, 1897
By Various
The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D.
By Anonymous
Letters from a Landscape Painter
By Charles Lanman
Sir Joshua Reynolds A Collection of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation
By Estelle M. (Estelle May) Hurll
Margaret and Her Friends or, Ten conversations with Margaret Fuller upon the mythology of the Greeks and its expression in art, held at the house of the Rev. George Ripley, Bedford Place, Boston, beginning March 1, 1841
By Caroline Wells Healey Dall
Walter Crane's Painting Book Containing twelve coloured and twelve outline full-page plates
By Walter Crane