Illustrating Shakespeare
Title | Illustrating Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Whitfield |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Art and literature |
ISBN | 9780712358897 |
For centuries, artists have been drawn to the plays of Shakespeare, translating his lines into brushstrokes and interpreting his characters and scenes in their own vision. From Henry Fuseli's Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head and William Blake's Brutus and the Ghost of Caesar to Eugène Delacroix's Othello and Desdemona and John Millais's Ophelia, these works will forever influence our reception of the Bard. In Illustrating Shakespeare, Peter Whitfield draws on an extraordinary array of historical evidence to chronicle the way artists have embraced Shakespeare over the years. Whitfield shows how some artists succeeded in capturing the psychological truth of the dramas, while others merely dressed them up to suit the taste of their time. In addition, he reveals how the history of Shakespearean art parallels that of theater production. The artistic tradition spawned by Shakespeare's plays is extremely important to his legacy, making this gorgeous volume a must-read for scholars and fans alike.
Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare
Title | Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Usborne Books |
Total Pages | 414 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Children's stories, English |
ISBN | 9780794529970 |
Library of Shakespeare
Title | Library of Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | Book Sales, Inc. |
Publisher | Booksales |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780755437290 |
The complete works in a full-cloth embossed binding, with ribbon marker and gold-gilt edges. A beautiful edition of William Shakespeare's works.
The Illustrated Book of Shakespeare's Verse
Title | The Illustrated Book of Shakespeare's Verse PDF eBook |
Author | L.K. Bulbeck |
Publisher | Flame Tree Illustrated |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-01-15 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9781783612963 |
Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest English-language playwright of all time. He was a natural poet, writing some long narrative poems, many sonnets and much of his plays in rhyming or blank verse. His sonnets have been praised as a profound meditation on the nature of love, sexual passion, procreation, death, and time. This beautifully bound and illustrated book contains a carefully chosen selection of the bard's verse, from Sonnet 18's 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?' and Sonnet 116's 'Let Me Not To The Marriage Of True Minds', to Hamlet's speech 'To be, or not to be'. It would make a very special gift to any fan of Shakespeare.
The Complete Illustrated Shakespeare
Title | The Complete Illustrated Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 813 |
Release | 19?? |
Genre | English drama |
ISBN | 9781853269196 |
Green Tiger's Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare
Title | Green Tiger's Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare PDF eBook |
Author | William Shakespeare |
Publisher | Laughing Elephant |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Children's stories, English |
ISBN | 9781595833624 |
Prose retellings of some of Shakespeare's famous plays, for children.
Shakespeare Illustrated
Title | Shakespeare Illustrated PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff A. Menges |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | 145 |
Release | 2011-07-19 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 0486478904 |
From the works of the English language's greatest playwright comes this stunning gallery of immortal scenes: Romeo and Juliet on the balcony, mad Ophelia wreathed in flowers, Macbeth's encounter with the witches, and other vignettes. More than 120 (85 in full-color) illustrations include the published works of many artists, drawn from a dozen plays and showcasing a rich diversity of imaginative styles and treatments. Highlights include images by Arthur Rackham and W. Heath Robinson from A Midsummer Night's Dream; John Austen's interpretations of Hamlet; and episodes from The Tempest by Edmund Dulac and Walter Crane. Other featured artists include Charles Robinson, Frank Papé, Charles Folkard, Louis Rhead, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Images from each drama are preceded by a brief introduction to the work and are accompanied by captions that identify the scene and artist, as well as the illustration's date.