The Dore Bible Illustrations

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Nowhere but in the Bible were dramatic textual material and the artistry of Gustave Doré more perfectly matched. The Book of Books perceived to unleash a new power of creation in Doré not apparent in his previous work. In the Creation scenes, the horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, the plates depicting the life of Jesus — many of which have now turn out to be the usual iconography — and in the end the vision of the New Jerusalem, Doré reached the fullest expressions of his atypical talent.
This book collects all 241 plates — long out of print — that Doré executed for the Bible. In these plates, reproduced from outstanding early editions, the artist not only captures the dramatic intensity of the Scriptures, but sustains it longer than any other single artist was once in a position to do. In addition, Doré reimagined the entire scenes, in order that what he produced was once not a mere reworking of what centuries of other artists had already done, but a new and fresh visual interpretation of the Bible.
Each plate is accompanied by the verses from the Authorized (King James) Version of the Bible that the scene depicts, and an Introduction by Millicent Rose covers Doré’s life and art in general. It is a sumptuous book that everyone, from those interested in Scripture to lovers of great art, will be proud to possess.

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