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Am I crazy or is this book not remarkably beautiful? I mean, the illustrations are nicely clean and consistent for a woodcut but I've seen books that took my b
by causality0 3y ago
Am I crazy or is this book not remarkably beautiful? I mean, the illustrations are nicely clean and consistent for a woodcut but I've seen books that took my breath away and this ain't one of 'em.
- MichaelDickens 3y agoIt's in this extremely busy style that used to be popular, it's not exactly the same thing but it reminds me of Gothic cathedrals where every square inch of the building has to be covered by some sort of carving or design. I find it distracting and hard to look at. (It also reminds me of that quote from Rick McCallum, producer of the Star Wars prequels, who praised the prequels by saying "it's so dense, every single image has so many things going on.") But I do enjoy the book's physical size. I have a thing for giant books.
- causality0 3y agoYou would enjoy the hefty illustrated Harry Potter collection.
- madaxe_again 3y agoYou’re not crazy - particularly given that there were other pre-Raphaelite artists producing other stunning volumes around the time, like Dulac with the Arabian Nights and Millais and company with the Moxon Tennyson. It’s just so called as Yeats said so.