La Fontaine: 20 Fables Illustrées par Feuilloley

Title

en_US La Fontaine: 20 Fables Illustrées par Feuilloley

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

Jean de La Fontaine

Creator

en_US La Fontaine, Jean de See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Feuilloley, Miriam

en_US Bressois, Philippe

Date

2025-05-20T17:10:28Z

2024-08

en_US 2011

Date Available

2025-05-20T17:10:28Z

Date Issued

en_US 2011

Abstract

en_US Here is an unusual book of La Fontaine's fables! The cover presents a naked anthropomorphic monkey sitting on a similarly naked anthropomorphic leopard and pointing to his brain. Neither wears clothes, except that the leopard wears a leopardskin necktie over his human skin. Wow! This cover is a warning that there are unusual things coming! Phlippe Bressois' preamble finds Feuilloley seizing the "thought, the sense, the essence of each story." No décor. No clothes. No attributes. Feuilloley reduces the characters to their essence and so expresses the rich and complex realities behind these "remarks." Feuilloley replaces thought with image and so presents an immediate perception of each fable's idea. So far Bressois in a stirring essay for some stirring artistry! Of the 20 fables, five are offered in color, including the cover's fable. Others strip the reality bare even more thoroughly in black and white. Strongest among these for me are "The Peacock Complaining to Juno"; "The Cat and the Fox"; and TH. This is a thoroughly stimulating book! Each fable gets a page of text and a page of illustration. 9" x 10½". How did I miss this book in my trips to Paris?

Identifier

en_US 13638 (Access ID)

uri

https://cdr.creighton.edu/handle/10504/157994

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Éditions Belize

Subject

Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value