Item
The Fables: Gustave Moreau
- Title
- en_US The Fables: Gustave Moreau
- Description
- Juliet Carey
- Creator
- en_US Carey, Juliet See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Moreau, Gustave
- Date
- 2022-11-07T16:12:16Z
- 2022-04
- en_US 2021
- Date Available
- 2022-11-07T16:12:16Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2021
- Abstract
- en_US Occasional mention of Gustave Moreau and sample offerings of specific work of his did not prepare me for this revelation of the extent of his work on fables. Moreau created some 64 watercolor illustrations of La Fontaine's fables, first exhibited in 1886 and last exhibited in 1906. This present book is the catalogue of a recent exhibit at the Rothschilds' Waddesdon Manor. The book's author, Juliet Carey, was curator of that exhibit. The book, large format (9¾" x 12") and 168 pages long, gives accounts of Moreau's life, including the fable watercolors; of La Fontaine and the fables; and of animal studies by Moreau that prepared for this work. The bulk of the book is then an impressive catalogue featuring a large colored illustration of each of the 35 fables in the exhibit, starting with "Allegory of Fable," in which fable rides on a chimaera. Among the best, for me, are WS; "The Monkey and the Dolphin"; "Death and the Woodcutter," in which death is a seductive woman; and FK. The book's last pictorial section is a brief account of Felix Bracquemond's black and white etchings based on Moreau's fables. Of the many critical comments included here, the most helpful for me is that Moreau "explored states of consciousness." Moreau achieved early fame with popular works exploring mythology, e.g., "Oedipus and the Sphinx." This book is a new treasure in the collection!
- Identifier
- en_US 12873 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US The Rothschild Foundation
- en_US Waddeston Manor, Buckinghamshire
- Subject
- Jean de La Fontaine See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection