Description

This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Doré, one of the nineteenth century s most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world s greatest literature, this volume compiles the very finest and most famous plates from Doré s work.
Scores of magnificent, finely wrought engravings feature such dramatic and powerful scenes as Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Christ driving the money-changers from the temple, Moses destroying the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, and Charon rowing his ferry to the gates of Hell. Sources include immortal stories ranging from Milton s Paradise Lost and Dante s Divine Comedy to Coleridge s Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Poe s The Raven, and more than a dozen other books.
For graphic artists and designers, this collection will provide an outstanding assortment of royalty-free images. For lovers of art and literature, these inspired plates will provide the definitive imagery of a host of literary classics.