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Title
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Fables de Jean de La Fontaine
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Collection Ivoire
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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Language note: French
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Creator
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de La Fontaine, Jean
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Contributor
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Sara
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Date
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2016-01-25T20:20:34Z
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2012-07
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2012
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T20:20:34Z
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Date Issued
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2012
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Abstract
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Start with the back cover of this book. It contains two fascinating items. First there is an imaginary conversation between Sara and La Fontaine, where La Fontaine -- appropriately -- argues for the spiritual character of animals. Below that is a simple picture of a donkey looking at a bookstand featuring Le Cheval et lÂne. The medium here seems to be something like torn paper silhouettes. Sara thus deals with blocks of uniformly colored material. The down-side of this method is that it allows for no shading of colors, no shadows, no interplay among various elements within a field of color. Each of twenty-two fables gets a two-page spread with these torn paper silhouettes. Among the best are La lice et sa compagne; Le cheval et l'âne; Le chat, la belette et le petit lapin; L'âne et le chien; and Le chat et le renard. In this style of art, eyes give the artist his or her greatest chance of expression, I think.
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Identifier
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9782362900815
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8644 (Access ID)
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Language
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fre
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Publisher
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Le Genévrier
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NA
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Subject
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PZ24.2.L3 Fab 2012
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Jean de La Fontaine
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Type
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Book, Whole