The World of Edward Gorey
by Clifford Ross
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A look at the artist and his work, including his illustrations for T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and the animated credits for the Mystery! series on public television.Tags
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There is something about the drawings of Edward Gorey that has always fascinated me. What better way to learn more about the style of Gorey through this book. The first portion written by Mr. Ross was more fascinating in comparison to the second portion written by Ms. Wilkins. The first part of this book is an interview between Clifford Ross, showing the eccentricities of Mr. Gorey. The book is packed full of Gorey illustrations! Wonderful collection of some of his best work, which also displayed the different phases of art he created. The second portion of the book was almost like reading someone's doctoral thesis. I guess because I am not really affluent in art techniques and terminologies, I may have felt this was a little boring and show more over my head in some aspects.
Overall, the book is great for any Gorey enthusiast! show less
Overall, the book is great for any Gorey enthusiast! show less
Perennial favorites such as The Doubtful Guest, The Insect God, and The Fatal Lozenge, which have been collected in the award-winning Amphigorey anthologies; set and costume designs for Dracula; illustrations for books such as Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot; and of course the animated credits for the Mystery! series on public television have won Edward Gorey one of the most intensely loyal followings of any...
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... Either way, [Mark Dery, Born to be posthumous : the eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey] is a grave disappointment. For an altogether more satisfactory appraisal of Gorey's work, with over 200 drawings, I would commend any interested reader to The World of Edward Gorey by Clifford Ross and Karen Wilkin (Abrams. New York. 1996).
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Clifford Ross is an artist and writer who was born in New York City in 1952. He graduated from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1973 and earned his B.A. from Yale University in 1974. He was Artist-in-Residence at the Louisville School of Art in 1979. His awards include the A. Conger Goodyear Fine Arts Award from Yale University in show more 1974 and the Helen Foster Barnett Prize, Sculpture, National Academy of Design, in 1984. In Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics: An Anthology, Ross uses interviews, essays, and letters exchanged between abstract artists and their critics to define the movement and explore the personalities of the artists. For The World of Edward Gorey, Ross provides the extensive interview with Gorey that introduces the artist, illustrator, writer, and theater designer to the reader. Clifford Ross has had one-man exhibitions in New York, Texas, Kentucky, and Washington, D.C. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Edward Gorey
- Important places
- Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
- First words
- This interview was conducted over a two-day visit to Edward Gorey's Victorian home on Cape Cod in August 1994. A poison ivy vine had made its way through a window casing in the living room.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Important as his love of language, his carefully shaped sentences, and his tight rhymes may be to the character of his entrancing books, it is Gorey's imagery that etches itself in memory, like an album of fading phtographs from a vanished era, a series of isolated moments from a world at once unsettling, even baffling, but at the same time immensely appealing and wholly convincing.
- Publisher's editor
- Peltason, Ruth A.
- Blurbers
- Schiff, Stephen
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- English
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