DORE'S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR DON QUIXOTE

Παρουσίαση

Dore himself had something of Quixote's chivalry, and had spent an arduous life draughting impossible dreams; he knew fame but he also knew pain, disillusionment and failure -at age 30 he was ready for Quixote, ready to make the Don part of his great dream: illustrating the world's great books. Dore never became the painter he yearned to be, but came very close to realizing his desired intimacy with the classics. His sympathy with Cervantes' satire was so close that, of the numerous Quixote interpretations by many outstanding artists, Dore's has become the standard. The French translation of Cervantes which Dore illustrated is forgotten; here is the unforgettable remnant of that work -all 120 full-page plates, plus a selection of 70 characteristic head- and tailpiece vignettes. (. . .) (from the publisher)