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Jeanne d'Arc
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Title: Jeanne d'Arc
Author: M. Boutet de Monvel
Publisher: Plon-Nourrit & Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, Paris
Published: 0000
Binding: Hardcover
Language: French
Number of Pages: 47
Catalogs: Children's Picture Books, France, Illustration
Description: Original maroon cloth binding with gilt and green decoration on both boards. This edition is undated, published sometime during or after 1896. Spine is damaged and fraying, corners are exposed, interior hinges show mesh, and front flyleaf is missing. Blue and brown marbled endpapers. Pages are slightly dirty from use, and there is evidence of minor historical dampstain. Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (1850-1913) was a French painter and illustrator best known for his watercolors for children's books. In 1895 he published this illustrated children's history of Joan of Arc that has been regarded as his masterpiece. The epic scenes for Joan of Arc show the influence of two late-medieval painters: Fra Angelico in the use of modeling and Paolo Uccello in the composition of battle scenes. Drawn with a strong line and clear, harmonious colors, his illustrations drew critical praise even though he himself was disappointed in the quality of the reproductions, which had been done by zincotype, a then-new photoengraving process. As one critic put it, "Boutet de Monvel's full-page illustrations have a nobility and grandeur akin to the great church frescoes of the Renaissance. Their pleasingly flat rendering combined with a sophisticated use of design elements...owe a debt to the Japanese prints so popular in the artist's day." Hardcover, acceptable condition, minor dampstain. 47 pages, horizontal quarto.
Author: M. Boutet de Monvel
Publisher: Plon-Nourrit & Cie, Imprimeurs-Éditeurs, Paris
Published: 0000
Binding: Hardcover
Language: French
Number of Pages: 47
Catalogs: Children's Picture Books, France, Illustration
Description: Original maroon cloth binding with gilt and green decoration on both boards. This edition is undated, published sometime during or after 1896. Spine is damaged and fraying, corners are exposed, interior hinges show mesh, and front flyleaf is missing. Blue and brown marbled endpapers. Pages are slightly dirty from use, and there is evidence of minor historical dampstain. Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel (1850-1913) was a French painter and illustrator best known for his watercolors for children's books. In 1895 he published this illustrated children's history of Joan of Arc that has been regarded as his masterpiece. The epic scenes for Joan of Arc show the influence of two late-medieval painters: Fra Angelico in the use of modeling and Paolo Uccello in the composition of battle scenes. Drawn with a strong line and clear, harmonious colors, his illustrations drew critical praise even though he himself was disappointed in the quality of the reproductions, which had been done by zincotype, a then-new photoengraving process. As one critic put it, "Boutet de Monvel's full-page illustrations have a nobility and grandeur akin to the great church frescoes of the Renaissance. Their pleasingly flat rendering combined with a sophisticated use of design elements...owe a debt to the Japanese prints so popular in the artist's day." Hardcover, acceptable condition, minor dampstain. 47 pages, horizontal quarto.