Great Literature Illustrated

[Janine]

Great stuff, thanks. I just copied all of the "Ancient Mariner" Dore prints and hope to post the best of those tonight, after my dinner. They are so amazing. I love those above also and the Blake and Delacroix's are very nice as well; maybe relist the Shakepeare in the thread I will start tonight. There is so much Shakespeare I think we need a separate thread for those.

"The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around," is one of my favorites of Dore. It is incredibly atmospheric....absolutely awesome! Be back with more, when I get them uploaded to photobucket.

Here are some of the illustrations for the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by the incredible Dore:

"But why drives on that ship so fast..."


"Beyond the shadow of the ship..."


"It ceased yet still the sails made on..."


"And on the bay the moonlight lay.."


"I looked upon the rotting sea..."



"It ate the food it ne'er had eat..."


"It flung the blood in to my head..."


"Nine fathom deep he had followed..."


"The moving Moon went up the sky..."


"The seraph band each waved his hand..."


"The ship drove fast loud roar..."


"With my cross-bow..."


"The game is done, Ive won, Ive won, Quote she..."


Hope you don't mind; I reposted this one since I think my print is a little clearer.
The Ice All Around


His detail amazes me!

[Dark Muse]

Oh I LOVE those. You know how much I love sea scenes and sea imagery, and the second to last one is much AWSOMENESS!!

[Janine]

Oh I LOVE those. You know how much I love sea scenes and sea imagery, and the second to last one is much AWSOMENESS!!

I love sea images myself and anything to do with the sea - love sea stories and love adventures at sea, also any songs about the sea. I love the album by Procal Harem "A Salty Dog" - I play it all the time. I think it is referring to the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"...I have it on my ipod and should listen to it tonight. I love the poem and I particularly liked that one - second from the last - isn't it great? I like the little details of the dice on the deck and the shadowy look of the figure - so evil.

[Etienne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5B8bG7UmhI

A video of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner with Gustave Doré's illustrations.

Amazing, the same thing but with the whole Inferno (canto by canto).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3mIkXhdQ7U

Act of the Apostles slideshow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0lKc9Gal0

[Janine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5B8bG7UmhI

A video of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner with Gustave Doré's illustrations.

Listening and watching this one first; thanks for the links; I will watch the others later on. I somehow get chills when I see that arrow fly up to kill the albabros. I have some more of Dore's pictures that are in this video; I only posted the most dramatic. This is pretty cool, gives me an idea to make my own video. I have a program on my new computer, with which I can can make videos something like this with fade-ins and progressions, etc. I don't know about adding the soundtrack but I will have to look into it. I do plan to put much art on a DVD to view on my TV.

[Dark Muse]

Here is a Clarke I found of Rime of the Ancient Mariner

[Janine]

Here is a Clarke I found of Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Oh that is neat. I wish we could see that one larger - it looks very detailed. I like the deep blacks in the piece. Did he do a series to illustrate the poem? I would love to see more like these...would be interesting to compare with the Dore's.

[Dark Muse]

This is the only image of that poem I could find by him and I could not find any larger versions of it.

[Janine]

This is the only image of that poem I could find by him and I could not find any larger versions of it.

If I find any I will let you know and I won't post them; rather I will send you the links to the site, then you can do the honors.

[Dark Muse]

I found these to be interesting, the poems of Shelly illustrated by Jessie Marion King


Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude
Making the wild his home


The Revolt of Islam
The Desolated Village
There was a desolate village in a wood


Prometheus Unbound
With garlands pied and starry sea-flower crowns


Adonais
Alone, desolate and apart


Stanzas
Until thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow
Her clarion o'er the dreaming earth


To a Skylark
The world should listen then - as I am listening now


Hymn of Pan
Listening to my sweet pipings


To Night
Wrap thy form in a mantle gray,
Star inwrought!
Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day;
Kiss her until she be wearied out

[Janine]

Dark Muse, I like those of Shelly illustrated by Jessie Marion King. I like their linear quality and their use of limited color to bring out parts of the pictures. I would love to find those larger somewhere online and will look for them in my searching around. When did he/she do these - do you know? I know nothing of the artist actually, but I would like to learn more.

[Dark Muse]

The Shelly illustrations she did in 1907. I never heard of her before untill I came acorss these illustrations.

[Janine]

The Shelly illustrations she did in 1907. I never heard of her before untill I came acorss these illustrations.

That would make sense - they must also to have been influenced by Beardsley and his linear style. Interesting how all these artists tie in together.

Here is an artist I really love; I posted some of his children's illustrations just now in the other thread...

Edmund Dulac

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Edmund Dulac (born Edmond Dulac, October 22, 1882 – May 25, 1953[1]) was a French book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration" (the first quarter or so of the twentieth century).

for full biography for Dulac on Wikipedia see this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Dulac

Here are some of Dulac's version of "The Arabian Nights"

The ship struck...


The Queen of the Ebony


light Faded from View...


Maidens on White Horses

[andave_ya]

WOW!!! THese are splendid! Fantastic! Brilliant!

[Janine]

WOW!!! THese are splendid! Fantastic! Brilliant!

andave ya, Glad you are enjoying the works. I love Dulac's work and all the others, too that have been posted so far. I think they are all wonderful. I seriously wondered if I would get responses to these illustration threads prior to starting them; happy to report that all three are doing wonderfully....did you check out the ones in the Illustrated Shakespeare? I know the supply of illustrators is endless, so I hope we can keep these threads going for a long time. I will be posting more of Dulac's fabulous work soon, over in the Children's thread. I have some from rhymes and one fairytale, so far. I could have sworn I bought a Dulac Dover book, but I can't seem to locate it. I must check my receits from Dover to see if, indeed, I do own a book of his illustrations. If I don't, I think it is time to order one, either from Amazon or Dover or B&B. The great thing about doing these threads is that I have been discovering even more a particular artists's works, which is great. I have extensive files on all of the artists I like. Soon I will burn them to a DVD and my backup files.

I have some other Arabian Nights" illustrations to post soon from another well-known painter/illustrator. Be back shortly to do so. It is fun to compare the various interpretations of the same material.

Ok, here are some by the incredible

Maxfield Parrish

Maxfield Parrish (July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator.

For additional facts on his biography see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxfield_Parrish

These are all from the "Arabian Nights"
The light in his paintings is amazing...

Arabian Nights Cover


When he came to this part of this narrative...

The smoke ascended to the clouds...


It will besufficient to break off a branch...


Having finished his repast


Cassim was so alarmed at the danger...


At the approach of evening...


As it drew near...


And she proceeded to burn perfume...


And when the boat came to me I found in it...