Doré's Illustrations for Don Quixote
by:
Gustave Doré (author)
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...
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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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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486243009 (0486243001)
Publish date: July 1st 1982
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Introduction--Doré's Illustrations for Don QuixoteAuthor Biographies