Romanian Tales and Legends
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Romanian Tales and Legends
14.99 €
This edition contains twenty-seven wonderful Romanian fairy tales. They tell about extraordinary events that happened to outlandish creatures, about distant kingdoms, about unseen charms and valiant warriors. The translation of fairy tales into Russian was made by Sergey Yurievich Afonkin. The collection is decorated with illustrations by two English artists, outstanding book illustrators, who created at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries - Charles Brock (1870-1938) and Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941).
This edition includes twenty-seven marvelous Romanian fairy tales. They tell of extraordinary events that happened to outlandish creatures, of distant kingdoms, of unseen enchantments, and of valiant warriors. These tales echo folklore motifs of different peoples, and at the same time there is something special in them that distinguishes these tales from others. The collection is decorated with illustrations by two English artists who created at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.
Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938) was a famous London book illustrator. He was the eldest of four brothers, with whom he sometimes worked together: for example, Charles, together with his brother Henry, illustrated some of Jane Austen's works. Charles received his first commission to illustrate a book at the age of twenty and soon became a renowned master of book illustration. He did illustrations for the works of authors such as Jane Austen, William Thackeray, Jonathan Swift and George Eliot. His drawings for Romanian fairy tales perfectly convey their harmony and lyricism, and the magical creatures are depicted in such detail as if the artist had once seen them for himself.
Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941) was a talented master of Victorian fairy tale painting. Ford received his first education at college in Cambridge, then he returned to his native London and graduated from the London School of Fine Arts. Not stopping there, Henry continued his studies at the Bushy School of Art. Virtuoso mastery of the technique of academic drawing, Ford, like a number of other painters and graphic artists of England of his time, preferred to move away from academism, choosing for his creative activity fairy-tale painting. This direction of British art gained popularity in the second half of the XIX century. It is characterized by a romantic depiction of all sorts of fantastic creatures, magical plants and folklore subjects. In the fine arts of Great Britain of that period, there was a growing interest in book illustration: many artists created works based on literary works, and some took on the illustration of collections of Shakespearean plays and fairy tales of different peoples of the world. Among these artists was Henry Ford. He is known for his work on One Thousand and One Nights, Rudyard Kipling's The Story of England, and Andrew Lang's The Olive Book of Fairy Tales. Ford's illustrations of Romanian fairy tales are characterized by fine lines, shimmers of delicate hues, and the diversity of the characters depicted.
This edition includes twenty-seven marvelous Romanian fairy tales. They tell of extraordinary events that happened to outlandish creatures, of distant kingdoms, of unseen enchantments, and of valiant warriors. These tales echo folklore motifs of different peoples, and at the same time there is something special in them that distinguishes these tales from others. The collection is decorated with illustrations by two English artists who created at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries.
Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938) was a famous London book illustrator. He was the eldest of four brothers, with whom he sometimes worked together: for example, Charles, together with his brother Henry, illustrated some of Jane Austen's works. Charles received his first commission to illustrate a book at the age of twenty and soon became a renowned master of book illustration. He did illustrations for the works of authors such as Jane Austen, William Thackeray, Jonathan Swift and George Eliot. His drawings for Romanian fairy tales perfectly convey their harmony and lyricism, and the magical creatures are depicted in such detail as if the artist had once seen them for himself.
Henry Justice Ford (1860-1941) was a talented master of Victorian fairy tale painting. Ford received his first education at college in Cambridge, then he returned to his native London and graduated from the London School of Fine Arts. Not stopping there, Henry continued his studies at the Bushy School of Art. Virtuoso mastery of the technique of academic drawing, Ford, like a number of other painters and graphic artists of England of his time, preferred to move away from academism, choosing for his creative activity fairy-tale painting. This direction of British art gained popularity in the second half of the XIX century. It is characterized by a romantic depiction of all sorts of fantastic creatures, magical plants and folklore subjects. In the fine arts of Great Britain of that period, there was a growing interest in book illustration: many artists created works based on literary works, and some took on the illustration of collections of Shakespearean plays and fairy tales of different peoples of the world. Among these artists was Henry Ford. He is known for his work on One Thousand and One Nights, Rudyard Kipling's The Story of England, and Andrew Lang's The Olive Book of Fairy Tales. Ford's illustrations of Romanian fairy tales are characterized by fine lines, shimmers of delicate hues, and the diversity of the characters depicted.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books in the series Library of World Literature