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Arthur Rackham (1867–1939)

Autor(a) de Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

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About the Author

Arthur Rackham was born in London, England. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he left his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book mostrar mais illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes, but his first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda. Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life. Rackham invented his own unique technique which resembled photographic reproduction; he would first sketch an outline of his drawing, then lightly block in shapes and details. Afterwards he would add lines in pen and India ink, removing the pencil traces after it had dried. With color pictures, he would then apply multiple washes of color until transparent tints were created. Arthur Rackham died in 1939 of cancer in his home in Limpsfield, Surrey. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras de Arthur Rackham

Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys (1851) — Ilustrador, algumas edições; Ilustrador — 1,732 cópias
Aesop's Fables (1912) 489 cópias
The Sleeping Beauty (1920) — Ilustrador — 304 cópias
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book (1933) 257 cópias
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (1999) — Ilustrador — 228 cópias
Rackham's Color Illustrations for Wagner's "Ring" (1979) — Ilustrador — 199 cópias
Cinderella (1919) — Ilustrador; Ilustrador — 184 cópias
Fairy Tales (1988) — Ilustrador — 127 cópias
Arthur Rackham (1975) — Ilustrador — 127 cópias
Fairy Tales from Many Lands (1916) 126 cópias
Princess Mary's Gift Book (1914) — Ilustrador — 44 cópias
A Christmas Carol (Calla Editions) (2018) — Compositor — 21 cópias
The Sleeping Beauty (Calla Editions) (2013) — Ilustrador — 12 cópias
Some British Ballads (2008) 9 cópias
The Allies' Fairy Book (1916) — Ilustrador — 9 cópias
A Dish of Apples (1921) — Ilustrador; Ilustrador — 9 cópias
Rackham Tarot (2019) 7 cópias
Fairy Oracle (2018) 3 cópias
A Fairy Book 1923 (2010) 2 cópias
Arthur Rackham Wall Calendar 2018 (Art Calendar) (2017) — Ilustrador — 2 cópias
Some British ballads, illustr. by A. Rackham — Ilustrador — 2 cópias
The Land of Enchantment 1 exemplar(es)
Le Livre des Ballades — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Es war einmal (1920) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Irish Fairy Tales 1ST Edition — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
La Cenicienta (1975) 1 exemplar(es)
The Peter Pan Portfolio 1 exemplar(es)
The Land of Enchantment (2015) 1 exemplar(es)
Fiabe popolari inglesi 1 exemplar(es)
Land of Enchantment 1 exemplar(es)
Arthur Rackham Wall Calendar 2017 (Art Calendar) (2016) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Le roi Arthur 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) — Ilustrador, algumas edições36,418 cópias
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (1589) — Ilustrador, algumas edições31,575 cópias
Alice no País das Maravilhas (1865) — Ilustrador, algumas edições26,770 cópias
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (1865) — Ilustrador, algumas edições25,307 cópias
A Christmas Carol (1843) — Ilustrador, algumas edições24,451 cópias
The Wind in the Willows (1908) — Ilustrador, algumas edições23,480 cópias
Sonho de uma noite de verão (1603) — Ilustrador, algumas edições19,661 cópias
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (1812) — Ilustrador, algumas edições14,194 cópias
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (1824) — Ilustrador, algumas edições11,938 cópias
Tales from Shakespeare (1807) — Ilustrador, algumas edições5,559 cópias
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1832) — Ilustrador, algumas edições4,173 cópias
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) — Ilustrador, algumas edições4,064 cópias
The Complete Fables (0600) — Ilustrador, algumas edições3,572 cópias
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) — Ilustrador, algumas edições2,805 cópias
Christmas Books (1843) — Ilustrador, algumas edições2,298 cópias
Peer Gynt (1966) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,617 cópias
Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,607 cópias
Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,503 cópias
Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas (1909) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,473 cópias
Rip van Winkle (1819) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,288 cópias
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1842) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,235 cópias
The Compleat Angler (1653) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,157 cópias
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths (1920) — Artista da capa, algumas edições1,092 cópias
A Spindle Splintered (2021) — Ilustrador — 894 cópias
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906) — Ilustrador, algumas edições; Editor, algumas edições876 cópias
The King of the Golden River (1850) — Ilustrador, algumas edições832 cópias
Thumbelina (1835) — Ilustrador, algumas edições773 cópias
Goblin Market (1862) — Ilustrador, algumas edições738 cópias
Irish Fairy Tales (1920) — Ilustrador, algumas edições696 cópias
The Chimes (1844) — Ilustrador, algumas edições672 cópias
English Fairy Tales (Retold by Flora Annie Steel) (1890) — Ilustrador — 609 cópias
Wagner : The Ring of the Nibelung [libretto] (1876) — Ilustrador, algumas edições; Ilustrador, algumas edições556 cópias
Cinderella (1697) — Ilustrador, algumas edições531 cópias
A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore (1986) — Artista da capa, algumas edições501 cópias
Undine (1811) — Ilustrador, algumas edições448 cópias
The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table (1900) — Ilustrador, algumas edições360 cópias
The Night Before Christmas (Arthur Rackham) (1954) — Ilustrador — 280 cópias
The Little White Bird (1902) — Ilustrador, algumas edições254 cópias
Arthur Rackham: A Life with Illustration (1990) — Ilustrador — 238 cópias
Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1998) — Ilustrador, algumas edições209 cópias
Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twenty Stories (1973) — Ilustrador, algumas edições198 cópias
Cinderella Liberator (2019) — Ilustrador — 181 cópias
Grimm's Fairy Tales {Rackham illustrations} (1996) — Ilustrador; Ilustrador, algumas edições166 cópias
Once Upon a Time: The Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham (1972) — Ilustrador — 119 cópias
Wagner : The Rhinegold + The Valkyrie [libretto] (1853) — Ilustrador, algumas edições86 cópias
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1916) — Ilustrador, algumas edições85 cópias
Wagner : The Rhinegold [catchall] (1869) — Ilustrador, algumas edições85 cópias
Irish Fairy Tales (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Ilustrador — 74 cópias
Wagner : Siegfried + Twilight of the gods [libretto] (1853) — Ilustrador, algumas edições64 cópias
Wagner : Siegfried [libretto] (1871) — Ilustrador, algumas edições62 cópias
Feats on the Fiord: A tale of Norway (1899) — Ilustrador, algumas edições44 cópias
The Old-Fashioned Children's Story Book (1979) — Ilustrador — 32 cópias
Waking Beauty (2022) — Ilustrador — 31 cópias
Poe Illustrated (2007) — Ilustrador — 30 cópias
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Retold for Little People (1929) — Ilustrador, algumas edições27 cópias
Cairn (2020) — Ilustrador — 19 cópias
Nobilis: A Roleplaying Game (1999) — Ilustrador, algumas edições17 cópias
Folklore of Europe Anthology (2009) — Artista da capa, algumas edições16 cópias
The illustrators : the British art of illustration 1800-2002 (2002) — Front cover illustrator — 13 cópias
Snowdrop and Other Tales (1920) — Ilustrador — 9 cópias
The Rainbow Book: Tales of Fun and Fancy (2011) — Ilustrador, algumas edições8 cópias
Rondalles d'Andersen (1987) — Ilustrador, algumas edições7 cópias
Gramarye 5 (2014) — Ilustrador — 6 cópias
The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm {Abaris} (1984) — Ilustrador — 4 cópias
Grimm's Fairy Tales {The Planet} (2015) — Ilustrador — 4 cópias
Bruin's Midnight Reader (2021) — Ilustrador, algumas edições3 cópias
Contes de Grimm illustrés par Arthur Rackham (2017) — Ilustrador — 2 cópias
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Stories (1987) — Ilustrador — 2 cópias
Gulliver's Travels. Daily Sketch edition (1937) — Ilustrador, algumas edições2 cópias
Gramarye 12 (2017) — Artista da capa — 1 exemplar(es)
Godenschemering : derde dag van de trilogie De ring van den Neveling — Ilustrador, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)
De Walkure : eerste dag van de trilogie De Ring van den Neveling — Ilustrador, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)
The Wind in the Willows [theatre programme] 1993 (1993) — Ilustrador — 1 exemplar(es)
Kazki dlja ditej ta vsijeji rodini: iljustraciji Artura Rekhema (2016) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1 exemplar(es)

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Throughout traditional literature, there are few illustrators who have made an impression as Arthur Rackham. The playful characteristics and the anthropomorphization of Aesop's animals brings them to life. Arthur Rackham illustrations are synonymous with traditional literature having illustrated Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Ingoldsby Legends, English Fairytales and Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle in three volumes. Rackham's ink and watercolor images have the textural detail that not many had in the late 1800s/ early 1900s, and his serene human faces and expressive animals and magical creatures ignite within the imagination. Though Arthur Rackham died before many awards were given, in 2013 the Society of Illustrators in America gave Rackham the posthumous honor of entry into its Hall of Fame.… (mais)
 
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RoseWeagant | outras 4 resenhas | Jul 12, 2022 |
 
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Baseball_Institute | Apr 8, 2022 |
I am a fan of mythology specifically greek mythology because this is meant for children it's a bit easier for them to comprehend but that doesn't mean I would not still love mythology.
 
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J_sweeeney26 | outras 12 resenhas | Aug 5, 2021 |
The tale of the sleeping princess awoken by her handsome prince is a well known one. The precious child long sought after by a prosperous King and Queen is finally delivered to the great joy and delight of the kingdom. However disaster strikes when an offended fairy, not invited to the christening through her own reclusiveness that caused others to forget her existence, proceeds to curse the child to death on her fifteenth birthday. Luckily another fairy was able to alter the curse so that not death but sleep would befall the princess. And so a hundred years later the sleeping princess was awoken by her prince and they all lived happily ever after.

The Sleeping Beauty is a classic story for so many reasons; it is a tale of caution, to not offend powerful fairies or go wandering into locked towers. But more than this it demonstrates that you cannot run from your fears but must face the inevitable, come what may. A story that speaks to the romantic in all of us, that true love is worth waiting for, even if it takes a hundred years. Ultimately, though, it is about the curse of ignorance and the power of knowledge, for if someone had thought to tell the poor girl of her curse she might not have been so keen to use a spinning wheel. A much beloved classic here retold that should be reread.
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