A look at the life and work of one of the best and most successful artists who worked in magazine illustration features eighty-five full-color and ten black-and-white reproductions of his work.
Maxfield Parrish Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
Deze kunstenaar staat bekend om zijn kenmerkende verzadigde kleuren en geïdealiseerde neoklassieke beelden. Zijn carrière, die vijftig jaar overspande, kende enorm veel succes en had een grote invloed op de visuele cultuur van de 20e eeuw. Zijn werken kenmerken zich door een unieke stijl en een dromerige sfeer.
Probally one the original "story within a story" book. Arabian nights is a selection of stories told by a young girl on her wedding night to a price who has sworn he will kill any girl who marries him. Her clever stories keep him from murdering her night after night. This is where classic fairy tales such as Aladdin and Ali Baba and the Forty Theives come from as well as moral tales and metaphors.The use of djins, magic and Eastern splendour makes Arabian Nights dazzle. A must read and a perfect counter point to western fairy tales such as Hans Christian Anderson and the Brothers Grimm.