Dore's Illustrations for "Don Quixote (Paperback)


Doré's sympathy to Cervantes' satire was so complete that, of numerous interpretations by many artists, his has become standard. Here are 190 wood-engraved plates, 120 full-page: charging the windmill, traversing Spanish plains, valleys, mountains, ghostly visions of dragons, knights, flaming lake. Marvelous detail, minutiae, accurate costumes, architecture, enchantment, pathos, humor. Captions.

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Doré's sympathy to Cervantes' satire was so complete that, of numerous interpretations by many artists, his has become standard. Here are 190 wood-engraved plates, 120 full-page: charging the windmill, traversing Spanish plains, valleys, mountains, ghostly visions of dragons, knights, flaming lake. Marvelous detail, minutiae, accurate costumes, architecture, enchantment, pathos, humor. Captions.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Dover Publications Inc.

Country of origin

United States

Series

Dover Fine Art, History of Art

Release date

1983

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

July 1982

Authors

Dimensions

305 x 228 x 10mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

160

ISBN-13

978-0-486-24300-9

Barcode

9780486243009

Categories

LSN

0-486-24300-1



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