Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Aesop's Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Rodney McRae?

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US McRae, Rodney

Date

2016-01-25T16:07:22Z

en_US 1993-11

en_US 1990

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:07:22Z

Date Issued

en_US 1990

Abstract

en_US A very strong contribution to the recent history of illustration of Aesopic fables. As the publisher's note on the back of the title page points out, the book is an artistic tour de force of techniques, styles, and innovations. The AI (96) mentions the techniques or styles of many of the sixty-four fables. One of the more innovative illustration techniques involves using a second finish with clear varnish. Many of the illustrations done this way come out indistinct, but several succeed, like The Dancing Monkeys (68-9) and WC (76-7). Many of the colored illustrations spread across two pages; the book controls the juncture of the two pages exceptionally well. The book presents many fables rarely seen and even less rarely illustrated these days. The Mole (88) is a good example of a fable handled differently.

Identifier

en_US 947241078

en_US 1737 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77305

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Margaret Hamilton

en_US Sydney

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.A254 Mra 1990 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole