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    Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene
    Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene
    Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene
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    Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene

    By Walter Crane

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    This anthology's magnificent illustrations and decorations in the medieval style were created by famed artist Walter Crane in the 1890s to illustrate a sumptuous multivolume limited edition of The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser’s sixteenth-century allegorical epic poem. A tribute to Queen Elizabeth I, the poem celebrates holiness, temperance, chastity, friendship, and other virtues in verse tales of knightly adventure, courtly love, and acts of gallantry. Crane created these 352 magnificent illustrations and decorations in the rich nineteenth-century style of neo-medievalism made famous by William Morris and his Kelmscott Press, with which Crane was associated.
    Crane's designs have been meticulously reproduced here, including striking images of gallant knights in armor, demure maidens, fearsome dragons, unicorns, angels, and a host of decorative elements — all displayed in a rich variety of full-page plates, finely detailed borders, and exquisite vignettes. Also included are charming headpieces, tailpieces, decorative initials, and the exquisite typography that originally appeared within the borders and other areas.
    Sure to delight any admirer of Crane's dazzling style, this splendid archive, skillfully arranged by Carol Belanger Grafton, will also provide a wealth of inspiration and immediately usable graphics for artists and illustrators alike.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateDec 31, 2013
    ISBN9780486135625
    Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene
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    Walter Crane

    Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist, book illustrator, and one of the most influential children’s book creators of his generation. Crane produced not only paintings and illustrations for children's books, but also ceramic tiles and other decorative arts. From 1859 to 1862, Crane was apprenticed to wood-engraver William James Linton and had the opportunity to study works by many contemporary artists, including Sir John Tenniel, the illustrator of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

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      Illustrations and Ornamentation from The Faerie Queene - Walter Crane

      Copyright

      Copyright © 1999 by Dover Publications, Inc.

      All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions.

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 1999, includes a selection or illustrations and ornaments by Walter Crane, first published in 1894, 1895, and 1896 by George Allen, London, for the six books of The Faerie Queene and the Mutabilitie Cantos (part of a seventh book of The Faerie Queene), by Edmund Spenser, which were originally published in 1590 (Books I-III), 1596 (Books I-VI in two volumes), and 1609 (The Mutabilitie Cantos). The 352 illustrations and ornaments were selected and arranged by Carol Belanger Grarton.

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