Research Catalog

Title

Doré : master of imagination / edited by Philippe Kaenel.

Author

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883

Publication

Paris : Musée d'Orsay : Flammarion ; [Ottawa, Canada] : National Gallery of Canada, [2014]

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Additional Authors

• Kaenel, Philippe
• Musée d'Orsay, host institution.
• National Gallery of Canada, host institution.

Description

335 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

"Hailed as "the most illustrious of illustrators" by his contemporaries, Gustave Doré's engravings are still renowned today. His drawings appeared regularly in many historic nineteenth-century newspapers, such as the Pictorial Times or The Illustrated London News, and his illustrations for Cervantes's Don Quixote, Milton's Paradise Lost, Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven, Perrault's Fairy Tales, La Fontaine's Fables, Dante's Inferno, and the Holy Bible have ensured his place in our collective memory. Yet, the extent of Doré's genius remains largely unsung; he was both a prolific and protean artist, and a virtuoso in several disciplines. In his engravings, paintings, and sculptures, he alternated between historical, genre, and landscape tableaux, mastering monumental ensembles just as skilfully as modest, intimate, or farcical scenes. From oils on canvas in flamboyant tones to watercolours and wash drawings, Doré is an indisputable master of colour and material. His oeuvre also spans eras and geographical regions from Europe to the United States or Russia revealing his insatiable curiosity through a vast range of themes. Doré's multi-faceted work continues to provide a rich source of inspiration for cinema and comic arts alike, inscribing his enduring legacy in popular culture today."--P. [4] of cover.

Subjects

• Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 > Exhibitions
• Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 > Criticism and interpretation

Note

• Simultaneously published in French as 'Gustave Doré (1832-1883) : l'imaginaire au pouvoir'.
• "This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition ... Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 18 February-11 May, 2014; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 13 June-14 September, 2014"--Preliminary paging.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.

Contents

Gustave Doré, dream machine / Guy Cogeval, Marc Mayer -- An artist's life / Philippe Kaenel -- The street performers / Erika Dolphin -- Caricature and comic strip : in and around the Journal pour rire, 1848-1854 / David Kunzle -- Imagining literature / Philippe Kaenel -- Spain and London : visions of Europe / Philippe Kaenel -- A vision of London / David Skilton -- The stylization of history / Bertrand Tillier -- The enigma / Côme Fabre -- "Preacher Painter" : art, devotion and spectacle / Philippe Kaenel -- The neophyte / Valérie Sueur-Hermel -- The Holy Bible / Isabelle Saint-Martin -- Landscapes : "With his fingers and his imagination" / Philippe Kaenel -- Lake in Scotland after a storm / Baldine Saint Girons -- Doré, sculptor / Édouard Papet -- The poem of the vine / Paul Lang -- Doré in America / Eric Zafran -- The triumph of Christianity over paganism / Paul Lang -- Doré in Russia / Anna Markova -- Cinema and the work of Doré / Valentine Robert -- Interview with Philippe Druillet -- A short biography / Philippe Kaenel, with Philippe Mariot -- List of works -- Selected list of illustrations by Gustave Doré -- List of exhibitions -- Selected bibliography -- Index of names.

Call Number

JQG 14-302

ISBN

• 2081316439 (Flammarion)
• 9782081316430 (Flammarion)
• 235433141X (Musée d'Orsay)
• 9782354331412 (Musée d'Orsay)

OCLC

870663624

Author

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883, artist.

Title

Doré : master of imagination / edited by Philippe Kaenel.

Imprint

Paris : Musée d'Orsay : Flammarion ; [Ottawa, Canada] : National Gallery of Canada, [2014]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-331) and index.

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Added Author

Kaenel, Philippe, editor.

Musée d'Orsay, host institution.

National Gallery of Canada, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 14-302