Fables de La Fontaine: Tome Deuxième. Avec les figures d'Oudry dans l'édition Desaint et Saillant de 1755

Title

en_US Fables de La Fontaine: Tome Deuxième. Avec les figures d'Oudry dans l'édition Desaint et Saillant de 1755

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US La Fontaine

Creator

en_US No Author See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Oudry

Date

2016-01-25T16:30:24Z

en_US 1999-08

en_US 1969

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:30:24Z

Date Issued

en_US 1755

Abstract

en_US See my comments on the first volume. My favorites on this trip through are LXIV, Le Jardinier et son Seigneur (both plates); LXVIII, L'Homme et l'Idole de Boix, where the illustration captures the breakup of the statue in mid-air; LXXV, Le Loup, la Chèvre et le Chevreau; XCIX, Le Lièvre et la Perdrix; C, L'Aigle et le Hibou, where the image seems to have something in common with both Gustav Doré and Caspar David Friedrich; CXII, Le Cerf se Voyant dans l'Eau; and CXIV, L'Ane et ses Maitres. An example of the majestic composition overwhelming the narrative may lie in CVI, SW--or perhaps here Oudry becomes overwhelmed with classical mythologizing at the cost of a good simple narrative! Like many artists, Oudry has trouble with lions' faces.

Identifier

en_US 3255 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/78640

Publisher

en_US Jean de Bonnot

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PQ1808.A1 1969 See all items with this value

en_US Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole