The Doré Gallery: His 120 Greatest Illustrations

by Gustave Doré

Book Overview

This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Dor?, 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 Dor?'s work.
Scores of magnificent, finely wrought engravings feature such dramatic and powerful scenes as Don Quixote tilting at windmills, Christ driving the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048640160X
• ISBN13: 9780486401607
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 11.8"

Customer Reviews

Delightfully Dore

One of the greatest illustrators ever. Has numerous pages of his prints. Wonderful. Every artist should have a copy.

The World That Dore Imagined

Little I knew about Dore before buying this book. He is a great painter capable of capturing the most grim and dark moments of mankind as well as the brightest ones with no difficulty. The books is worth its price by every penny. A must have.

A Masterful work from the Master

Gustav Dore illustrated books and magazines in the 19th century, and these are a collection of his woodcuts from several different publications. The recreations are fantastic, from the Bible to Poe to Dante, Dore traverses grand stories of faith, humor, and fantasy all without missing a beat. It's amazing that these are glorious reproductions of handmade, woodcut images. Dore rarely made the woodcuts himself, but sometimes drew them directly to the wood it was to be cut from. Dore is brilliant, and a forgotten Master of book illustration. Many illustrations elicit a sense of Tolkien's works; though long before Tolkien.Any of these could be easily removed from the volume, (though that would be sacreledge), and put into a frame to make a beautiful piece of art to hang on your wall. If you do commit this sacreledge, I recommend "The Empyrean" from Dante's "Divine Comedy" as a favorite.

A great buy !

This book is really great because it provides the reader with an extensive view of Dore's work. It displays more than a hundred high quality full-paged engravings for a very low price. I was utterly delighted when I found this book : I am French and though Gustave Dore is a French artist, it is at present impossible to find here such books as the Dore series published by Dover Publishers.