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| Arabian Nights Illustrated: Art of Dulac, Folkard, Parrish and Others | 
 enlarge | Creator: Jeff A. Menges
Publisher: Dover Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 344272
Media: Paperback
Edition: Dover Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0486465225
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.64
EAN: 9780486465227
ASIN: 0486465225
Publication Date: June 26, 2008
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Product Description
This original collection features works inspired by traditional tales of Sinbad, Aladdin, Ali Baba, and other exotic characters. Spanning artwork from the 1860s to the 1920s, it includes more than 185 color and black-and-white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish, Charles Robinson, H. J. Ford, and other acclaimed artists from the Golden Age of Illustration.
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Fantastic illustrations August 19, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a fun book this is. Collected here are some of the most famous illustrations, made by some of the most famous illustrators, of one of the most famous collection of fantastic stories. Scheherezade, Aladdin, Ali Baba and their cohorts come to life in a wonderful variety of styles spanning roughly a century and a half. Dulac, Folkard and Parrish get top billing--deservedly so. I loved the dramatic, ethereal qualities of Parrish when I read the Arabian Nights as a boy, and appreciate his brilliance as an adult. Dulac and Folkard also merge drama, imagination and power to create art worthy of the great stories they portray. These three continue to set the standard in illustration, not just for children's literature but for adults, too.
Another thing I loved about the book was seeing the artistic progression of great illustrators, as well as the development of Europe's collective imagination and ability to express the supernatural. Early illustrators depicted djinn much more literally, providing art that would almost fit into a slightly exotic Jane Austen novel. As art styles developed, morphed, clashed and grew, we get ever-more fascinating interpretations of the same stories. The Art Deco stylists, the impressionists and others provide art that is as vivid as it is wonderfully surreal. Again, Parrish's style is completely natural, but worlds removed from his predecessors' in terms of expressing magic.
On the technical front, I'm pleased that Dover has put together a book with high quality illustrations (the whole reason for buying the book, after all) with vivid, saturated colors and clear detail at an affordable price. One can only imagine how expensive these lavishly illustrated volumes were a century ago!
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