{"product_id":"dors-illustrations-for-paradise-lost-9780486277196","title":"Doré's Illustrations for \"paradise Lost\"","description":"Gustave Dor 's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. His wood-engraved illustrations for John Milton's monumental epic poem \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost, \u003c\/i\u003e recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan, were among his finest and most dramatic works. This volume presents superb reproductions of all 50 plates drawn by Dor  and engraved in his studios for the original edition of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eArtists and art lovers will find in these pages supreme examples of the illustrator's art. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve, the Flood, Moses holding up the Ten Commandments, and the fearsome creatures Milton referred to as \"Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe dreamlike, otherworldly quality Dor  often brought to his work seems especially appropriate for \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e with its lofty spirit and epic events. Indeed, Dor 's grand conception seems to realize perfectly Milton's own poetic version. Appropriate quotes from the text of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e are printed alongside each illustration. A plot summary of the entire poem is also included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486277196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.60h x 8.90w x 0.20d","brand":"Gustave Dore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37865082749109,"sku":"9780486277196","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_573c6aa3-6a37-4308-8c3c-305452e69f3a.jpg?v=1607522398","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dors-illustrations-for-paradise-lost-9780486277196","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}