Dore's Illustrations for "Don Quixote" - Gustave Dore
Dore's Illustrations for "Don Quixote" - Gustave Dore His Don Quixote ... People still speak of it only as 'Dor 's Don Quixote'. from its first to its last page is] a marvel of imagination, poetry,…
Specifikacia Dore's Illustrations for "Don Quixote" - Gustave Dore
Dore's Illustrations for "Don Quixote" - Gustave Dore
His Don Quixote ... People still speak of it only as 'Dor 's Don Quixote'. from its first to its last page is] a marvel of imagination, poetry, sentiment, and sarcasm. . . .
At age 30 he was ready for Quixote and prepared to realize his dream of illustrating the world's great books.Dor never became the painter he yearned to be, but he came very close to realizing his desired intimacy with the classics. -- Life and Reminiscences of Gustave DorDor himself had something of Quixote's chivalry and spent an arduous life drafting impossible dreams; he knew fame as well as pain, disillusionment, and failure. His sympathy with Cervantes' satire was so close that, of the numerous Quixote interpretations by many outstanding artists, Dor 's has become the standard.
The French translation of Cervantes that Dor illustrated is forgotten; here is the memorable remnant of that