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most awesomest book of all time.
Beautiful, almost effortlessly so.
This is just an incredible illustration book, I find the "fantasy" pieces more interesting than the others but overall this is just high class. The quality of the printing is also good, more on the grayscale but that's ok considering the kind of paper.And this is just an assumption but I think this Dore's work in particular was a strong influence for the Jehovah's witness's (religious believes apart) books and magazines artworks from the 80's and 90's.
hoorrayyy thank you free book shelf.
This Gustave Doré Illustrated edition of the Bible is wonderful. The illustrations are superb, so inspiring, and the Bible extracts marry totally with the drawings by Gustave Doré.I absolutely recommend it! I am sure it has been translated into many languages with these Gustave Doré illustrations. And it covers the whole Bible, with great detail into the Old Testament.Maria Carmo,Lisbon 18 July 2017.
Some of the finest artwork ever produced that can be appreciated by all faiths for its beauty and drama
Gustave Dore's illustrations of the English Bible (1866). Two hundred and forty-one black & white illustrations from woodcuts, depicting many Biblical scenes and events, quite a few of which are graphic and gruesome. Below each illustration is the Bible verse or verses that the illustration represents. Excellent.
your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams -Acts 2:17
These engravings were made for a deluxe edition of the Bible. They are excellent examples of Victorian religious art: They are reverent, well executed, and detailed, but never sentimental or idealized. Dore presents people and events of ancient times as he imagines they actually were; this is actually an exhortation to faith--these things are true, he says.
Beautiful. Nothing even comes close.
I bought this to make copies (post copyright material) and put affordable (i.e., cheap) prints on my wall with biblical themes. These are interesting illustrations with lots of action in every print-- sometimes a bit too much stimulation (violence), but some are compelling.
Some great pieces, many, while well executed, nothing special. But that is the fault of the source material. The Bible does not, in any way, deserve this much (or any) attention.
Doré did most of his work in the mid-19th Century, and though he was French and Catholic, preferred and often worked commissions for his Victorian neighbors in England. After the completion of the 241-plate Bible, he was criticized for his overuse of drama. This amazes me, since I can't think of a Biblical scene without an excess of drama. Doré's depictions are hardly embellished, if you read the source, but perhaps it's his excess of imagination which frightened critics. At any rate, these plat...
