Great Literature Illustrated

[Janine]

I just discovered Thomas Mackenzie myself. I love the ones you posted and about a new subject for this thread, "King Arthur"....these are so colorful and lovely...nice examples of his work.

[Dark Muse]

Here is some Chaucer by Warwick Goble

The Knights Tale







The Millers Tale



Prologue to Melibeus



The Monks Tale



The Words of the Host



The Wife of Bath's Tale





The Clerks Tale





The Squires Tale



The Legend of Good Women

[Janine]

I wondered when you would discover Warwick Goble's work, Dark Muse. I like the fact these are from 'The Canterberry Tales' (?) - Chaucer....they are, right?
I like his color palette - nice combinations and lovely soft jewel tones. I had looked up some of his work the other day. I think I may have some in my files already, but I will definitely copy these to add. Thanks for adding them.

[Dark Muse]

I think I may have poted some of Goble's work in the fairy tale group. I have heard of him before.

The last one "The Legend of Good Women" is not from the Canterberry Tales. But the others are.

[Janine]

I think I may have poted some of Goble's work in the fairy tale group. I have heard of him before.

The last one "The Legend of Good Women" is not from the Canterberry Tales. But the others are.

That last one reminds me of one by another artist - same theme. I forget which artist it is now but it is in my files; I will look it up. Does that one illustrate any certain story?

[Dark Muse]

The last one if part of the Legend of Good Women

[Janine]

The last one if part of the Legend of Good Women

I found it now; it is by Waterhouse - called 'The Magic Circle' - think I posted it or you did in the social group - Pre Raphaelites.

[Dark Muse]

Ahh yes I remember that one. I think you may have been the one that posted it

[Janine]

Ahh yes I remember that one. I think you may have been the one that posted it

That's the one and think it is still in my Photobucket file, so I will pull that up tonight and post it. Do you think it is from a book or story though?

[Dark Muse]

No I do not think the Waterhouse one is from a book. It could be drawn from some myth perhaps, but I could not say which one if it were. I would have to look it up and see if I can find any information about it

[Dark Muse]

I found this to be quite interesting. It is old world love stories a collection of Medieval Romances and Legends.

Illustrated by Reginald Knowles

The Lay of Gugemar



With border



The Lay of Eliduc







The Lay of the Nightingale





The Lay of Sir Launfal



with border



The Lay of the Two Lovers





The Lay of the Ash Tree



with border







The Lay of the Honeysuckle


Haha ok is it just me, or does this kind of look like two women together?

with border





The Lay of Yonec





'Tis of Aucassin and of Nicolette



with border





The Story of King Constant



with border

[Janine]

I have seen his work somewhere on the net. Nice examples. I like those decorative borders - some look Celtic, some Art Deco and even Nouveau. They add something to the page, when the picture is framed with them. Nice array of images, Dark Muse. Thanks. You always come up with such neat stuff.

[Dark Muse]

Yes I really like his Celtic knotwork.

[Janine]

Yes I really like his Celtic knotwork.

I do too! I keep getting free sample pages from Dover and I copy them all into a file entitled 'Celtic'. I love how intricate they are and how they incorporate animals or mythical creatures. If you sign up on Dover Books, it is free to do so, you get a lot of great sample pages. I don't think you have to buy anything. I have bought from them in the past and just recently my friend and I went in on a big order. I got a Dulac book and another book illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. I also got two Rackham books. They had this sale - an order was 25% off - not a bad deal; even included the bargain bin, of which I chose a few good books (fiction) - two are of short stories, I think. I can't wait now for the whole box to come....but where I am going to put them is an altogether different another story....

[Dark Muse]

This is from a collection of Russian stories, that I thought were just beautiful, by Frank C. Pape