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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fairies are often seen as a uniquely British Isles phenonenon, so they often hold much interest in cultures around the world regardless of the fact that mythical beings exist in varying forms in every culture. Amano interprets some of the traditional Isles "little people" using his own style of artwork which blends Japanese woodcut print techniques with the line-heavy style of lithography to create beings with are recognizable but original. His emphasis on quality of line with pale washes of watercolour is actually quite synontmous with some of the great illustrators of the past as they they focused produced works with similar features. Rackham, Dulac, Kaye, and Neilson come to mind, and Amano has unwittingly become part of the artistic tradition through his attention to their cultural heritage. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Yoshitaka Amano's lush ethereal paintings of magical creatures, spirits, goblins, and apparitions have been praised and admired all over the world. In Fairies he turns his considerable talent to capturing in breathtaking images characters from such beloved stories as Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the wizard Merlin and his muse the intoxicating Nimue, mermaids of the deep as well as his interpretation of fairies from Celtic and Japanese mythology. No library descriptions found. |
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