What a machine, Dore must have worked nonstop to create that much in such a short period of time. Incredible artist, thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. How one man can produce so much great work in 35 years beggars belief. At the height of his career he was keeping 40 different engravers in work, apparently.

@StefaniaP880

8 ай бұрын

Îm happy he did

I have no words for this one, only me aspiring the reach even a fraction of the amount of work he did in just 35 years.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and yes it's hard to imagine how anyone can be so prolific and so talented. Us mortals have to settle for the hand we've been dealt.

Dore, the Rembrandt of illustration thats for sure. His images drag you in with all that superb and interesting detail. Another super presentation, Thanks Pete,

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and appreciation.

This is one of the most underrated masters of the all of human time. I've been waiting for this one. He is one of those artist that have an unattainable skill level that most even skilled artist cannot get to.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. Many of us share your oprinion of his incredible work.

@SupernovaDragon77

8 ай бұрын

Wouldn’t say he’s underrated, he’s relatively well known. He has had a big influence on art even up to this day.

@level9drow856

8 ай бұрын

@@SupernovaDragon77 Unknown =/= underated People know about Rob Leifield but that doesn't make him a good artist.

I first meet Doré's work when i was a child, my granpa had an ilustraded edition of Don Quijote de la Mancha, a big big big fantastic book and i get amazed at every page, every ilustration !!!!!wow what a genius, he was a master in details, playing with ligth and shadows, expresions, and dramatic representation of human situations, what a shame that he is so underated as an artist, he was my inspiration for starting drawing. THANKS GUSTAVE FOR ALL THAT MASTERWORK!!!!!!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I had always assume that most people were familiar with Doré and it came as a surprise when I taught illustration how few students had even heard of him.

As fantastic as Dore was I'm also amazed at the engraver who translated his work for print!! I think the engraver's work often gets overlooked... Thanks for this deep dive, Pete and especially for showcasing Dore's painting!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I did consider talking about a few of his engravers - Heliodore Pisan is a name that crops up repeatedly. But I didn;t want the video to outstay its welcome with those of shorter attention spans. But here's a fun fact I left out - at the height of his career he was keeping around 40 different engravers in work, trying to keep up with his output.

@jerkchickenblog

Жыл бұрын

yes! i saw the H. Pisan on one of the London plates with lots of line work in the shading and wondered if it was the engraver. I did notice that he really couldn't have got his work across if it wasn't for some incredible people he'd found to work with.

@jerkchickenblog

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard at the end i was really amazed he died at 51. Hard to believe. What is it about genius or very special people (i wouldn't extend this to anyone of my generation or those just before, gen x, boomers, etc) that produce so much work but die so early. Sad.

Dore has been a huge inspiration throughout my art career. Thank you for featuring him in greater detail!

@michaelschlageter8381

Жыл бұрын

Cool...wanna See your paintings, drawings as well

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your comment. I just took a look at one of your videos and what a pleasure to see someone using traditional materials with such skill. I wish you every success.

@michaelschlageter8381

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Ah now l See.. l can go to the KZread Chanel of aka Emma and See her Kind of artstyle...thanks...😄

@akaErma

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thank you so much for your kind words! I am sincerely touched.

Doré the biggest and significant ilustrator!!!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment.

Like many French Canadians, I grew up with an early appreciation of Gustave Doré's illustrative work. Some 15 - 20 years ago, the National Gallery of Canada had a terrific retrospective of his accomplishments in Ottawa. I had not been aware of his work in sculpture, painting, etc. I came out of there ... stunned. Doré was gifted as very, very few are. I do not have but the highest regard for this truly remarkable artist. Thank you for giving him his due.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment, and apprciation of the video.

I am so blown away at the ambitious volume of quality work these talented illustrators put out.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and yes, that combination of talent and productivity takes some believing.

Thank you so much for featuring Gustave Dore, he has been a great inspiration to me for over 30 years. He is not easy to find information on and this was a great help in understanding this truly great artist.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm very pleased you enjoyed the video.

Wonderful. Dore' was a titan of creativity and genius. His art is remarkable in its beauty, depth, and grace. I truly love and revere his work! Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment.

In my opinion, Doré is the greatest illustrator of the 19th century.

@albertcscs

Жыл бұрын

Certainly the greatest before the advent of photographic reproduction.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I don't think there are many who would ague with you about that. A true collosus.

Most interesting. His sculptures are womderful. Thanks for posting.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment.

Peter, I am so grateful that you are producing and packaging this lovingly created digital series of the history of great illustrators. You are providing a gift to the world chronicling this soon to be lost art form. The World thanks you!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your comment is music to my ears. It really is a peasure to know that viewers such as yourself appreciate what I'm trying to do with the channel.

These kind of videos are the best, cant help but be transported inside the illustration + the narrator’s voice is so soothing

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your kind comments - they are greatly appreciated.

My favorite especially that last one 👏👏👏🌟

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm very glad you enjoyed his work. Thanks for the appreciation.

Wow! Amazing quality and quantity of work! It always amazes me the self taught artists like Dore. There’s something different in their brains. Another great video!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi again and my thanks as usual. It's quite easy I think to imagine Doré wasn't actually human. So prolific and so skilful it makes my head spin.

Art is forever, this is an art history channel and I'd love to have DVD's of everything.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your recent comments. Regarding Omni I had heard of it and even remember seeing some copies, but my focus is so fixed on the more distant past I never bothered with it. But following your suggestion I took a look and see that I missed out on some great scifi illustration. It's too far out of my sphere to persuade me to make a video devoted just to the magazine ( I wouldn't know what to say about it at any length), but I'm currently working on a history of scifi art and it will make a very worthwhile addition to that. So many thanks for the information.

Thirteen minutes and thirty-eight seconds of a perfect visual artistic biography. Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for such a complimentary comment. You made my day.

What a talent! Just love his work, a true Master

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for the comment.

Love Dore- his dramatic lighting/ staging have always been one of my favorites. I have not seen all of these images, especially the color versions, so thank-you again for sharing your treasures! It is also extraordinary he was self taught!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks as usual for commenting. Whichever way you look at it Monsieur Doré wa a truly exceptional individual. What I would have given for a fraction of that talent...

@eamonnclabby7067

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lynda, as always ,Pete has opened my eyes to new stuff, in fact enjoyed the Lady Lever Art gallery this afternoon here on the Wirral...cheers..E

This shows an amazing creative production in so short a lifetime! 💐

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your comment, which naturally enough I totally agree with.

What an incredible talent. The complicated details are simply astounding.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and you can say that again, particularly when you consider they have been engraved in wood. My mind struggles to take it in.

@vincentgoupil180

Жыл бұрын

Minor note: the wood engravings are etched from the end grain of the boxwood shrub/tree (guess depending on the amount of lignin in the plant cells). Boxwood has a very fine grain that will not show knife marks or chip off compared to the edge or face grain of other wood. English and French boxwood were used during Dore's time but are harder to find nowadays. So probably, it would be more difficult to reproduce Dore's look similiar to replicating John Singer Sargent's use of lead white pigment in his paintings due the availability of lead paints.

Outstanding. What a master. I grew up in the 70s and really his illustrations were still everywhere. I wonder if children and young people today get to see his work as prevalent as it was then.

@Laocoon283

Жыл бұрын

Barnes and Nobles republished most of these works with his illustrations including. Even the bible.

Another great talent that I had not heard of. Thank you for doing justice to these great artists with your outstanding Video-Vignettes.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi again, and I'm delighted to have introduced you to the work of this illustrative giant.

I first encountered Doré's work in the illustrations included in the copy of Baron Münchhausen that my granma gave me as a present, and I recall myself being fascinated by it as a child. And I realised watching this video how many classics I have on my bookshelf contains Doré's illustrations: Don Quioted, Dante's Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, Orlando Furioso... his work really is timeless being still regularly published in today's paperback editions.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment and appreciation. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get around to this monumental figure in the history of illustration, but better late than never.

So happy to hear you talking about Gustave Doré. As always, the explanations are so interesting and even as a (graduated) art history student I learned many things. His illustrations are so intricate and full of details, I'd spend hours watching them. Thank you for this incredible video!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I'm pleased to say I discovered quite a few previously unknown aspects of Doré's life and work in the making of the video. Three cheers for lifelong learning.

Thank you for this. Dore's work never ceases to amaze me.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and me too.

In addition to the sheer volume of output I'm astonished at the graduated contrasts from extreme light to dark in each composition. Such severe detail. patience and persistence.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and yes talent and productivity such as his are rare indeed. It's a pity his engravers don't get more credit for the images though. Apparently at the height of his career he was keeping around 40 of them busy.

Another favourite of mine. You can see how much he influenced early Hollywood as well, when you watch King Kong and the depth of those jungles are so very Dore.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you enjoyed it. A talent as huge as Doré's seema able to resonate in many aspects of visual culture I think.

We love Doré (hubby and myself) and alwsys enjoy your videos. Thank you for all the hard work!😊

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks again for your ongoing appreciation and support.

I first discovered Dore through his illustrations of London: A Pilgrimage which I enjoyed enormously. I was fascinated by how much detail he managed to depict in each one. As I have something of an interest in the Victorian period his depictions of life in the East End of London are very much true to life.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I must say I found it surprising that a faithful and therefore unflattering account such as this would actually have enjoyed success.

Been a fan of Doré for decades but never knew he made paintings as well.

@petebeard

7 ай бұрын

Hello and I sometimes wonder what his illustrated work would have looked like if full colour printing had been available. The breathtaking paintings give us a clue.

This is a wonderful commentary. I have been a follower of Dore but never could find a history of his life.I have a book of almost all his massive collection. He was a big source of inspiration. Thank you for this wonderful documentary. Always a pleasure to see your channel.ps never knew of his bronze works..great.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. It has to be said that I didn't find much in the way of biographical detail in my research but I did the best i could with what I had. Luckily for me its the work rather than the person I'm primarily interested in. I didn't know he had sculpted either

Thank you for that: what breathtaking works Doré produced. I don't know whether to be glad or sorry he was not a contemporary of H.P.Lovecraft: the mind boggles at what he would have done with those tales!

@petebeard

6 ай бұрын

Im very pleased you enjoy his work. Thanks for the comment.

Доре четко передает дух своей эпохи ...

In my parent's library, I found Le capitaine Fracasse. To this day, it is still my favourite book. The illustrations from Gustave Doré were just the perfect addition to this marvellous book. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your videos. Their quality always keep me on my toes. Sorry for the mistakes in my writing but I am French. I live in Switzerland. Take care 🤗🇫🇷🇨🇭🌺

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thabks for your comment and appreciation for the channel. And don't apologize for your English - it's absolutely fluent. And with my schoolboy French you put me to shame.

Doré was a master of dark & light. His ability to to make objects or figures so dark but still remain visible is outstanding. I'm impressed with his career. He must've drawn constantly. Except when painting & sculpting 😉 Another brilliant choice for the series Pete. 👏

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks as usua for your comment. I'm not totally convinced he was actually human.

@vincentgoupil180

Жыл бұрын

Wonder if the high key dark & light contrast for the main characters (as used in photography) wasn't due to the engravers Dore employed to make the finished print since his drawings are more soft grey middle tones.

10,000 illustrations ! A 13th travail d'Hercule ! Another SUPERB video, Mr Beard. Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks as usual. Regarding his productivity I read (although did not include it in the video in case it was a spurious claim) that at the height of his popularity he was keeping about 40 engravers in regular work.

@neillgj

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Dore's good relations with his engravers and woodcutters is legendary, as was that of Grandville. VERY different in England. France had egalite and fraternite as 2 of its 3 founding principles. England was perniciously class driven. One could write a socio-economic treatise on authors, illustrators and their printers. Dickens was a tyrant as was Trollope. Others took a humanitarian view. George Gissing followed all his more than 25 illustrators for the big magazines. He critiqued them poorly but recognised their straitened circumstances and this gained his sympathy. There is a moving diary entry of the 2 sets of illustrations by Fred Barnard. When Gissing visited, he noted the wretchedness of Barnard's home AND his drunkenness - "just able to talk connectedly." Gissing WAS impressed with one of Barnard's drawings for his short story "The Fate of Humphrey Snell" and wrote to him to try to obtain the original drawing from him.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@neillgj Hello again and thanks a lot for your historical insight. I must admit I remain in blissful ignorance about the complexities of socio-economic history. For me it's all about the images and how they were created and reproduced. I should stress this is no criticism of those such as yourself who obviously know about such things. I just don't have room in my old head for bigger and broader issues.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

@@neillgj Hello again, and my apologies if this is the second reply. I thought I'd sent one but youtube disagrees. Anyway it was along the lines of thanks for the insight, and an admission of my own shortcomings with regard to historical context, and thanks for Fred barnard - never previously heard of him.

@vincentgoupil180

Жыл бұрын

@@neillgj Thank you for your commentary on Dickens's relationship with "his" engravers. Although relatively new to Dore's work wondered why he didn't illustrate Dickens novels. After a short search appears Dickens was a dick ... dictating what scenes to illustrate down to the details of a chair and if it wasn't to his liking reject it completely. Impressed that Dore allowed some of his studio engravers to also sign the print. Also, that Dore possibly didn't illustrate Johan Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust" was due to his respect of Eugene Delacroix Illustrating it previously. So, Dore and Dick collaborating would have been mixing oil and vinegar.

Outstanding. One of my all-time favorite artists. As a boy, I would go to our local library, they had several books illistrated by Dore'. I remember pouring over the thrillng scenes, and exquisite details. Thanks so much.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot. It was while at school that I first saw his work too, and I've loved it ever since.

@charlesmaschi3238

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Thanks again. I neglected to compliment you on your excellent video about the artwork of Maxfield Parrish, another one of my favorites.

Dore is one of the best! I didn't Knew he started that early in life and died so early! Thank you Pete just found your channel and I love it!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And I hope you find more on the channel that's of interest.

I’m a senior in high school and one of my friends (with non artist interest) saw this guy in an art article and I was like “woah” his stuff is my style not just grayscale but images I’ve wanted to draw which being fantasy and now he might be one of my favorite artists next to Frida Kahlo and Alex Pardee and it’s just amazing how someone can create such amazing pieces in the 1800’s.

@petebeard

6 ай бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. I hope you'll find others on the channel to inspire you.

Thankyou for doing this one! I absolutely love the works of Doré.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. He is undoubtedly one of the true giants.

Another superb documentary. So much art out there I never knew about. I asked some months ago about an artist I was looking for. Much research led me to the madness of Kurt Halbritter's Arms Through The Ages...Well worth a look.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. And thanks for the information about Halbritter's book - completely unknown to me. I'll have to see what I can find out about him andhis work

A true legend, his sense of composition and expressions were simply outstanding, one of a kind. Thank you for this video, Pete. Your whole channel is a spectacular source of inspiration.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your very positive response to this video and the channel in general. I'm very grateful for your support.

Gustave Doré still as such a powerful impact here in france, it's really easy to find out "Les fables de la Fontaine", which is a "classique des classiques". Thanks you again for the quality of your work, really appreciated.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and I'm glad you found the video of interest. Doré (and Durer) were the first artists to make a profound - and it turns out - lifelong impression on me. Thanks again for your continued support. And I hope my pronunciation isn't too mangled.

@matthieujoly

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard The tone of your voice, even the way the words are pronounced, (whatever language you're speaking) is a real plus/bonus to your work.

Admiration turned to astonishment when I saw some of his sculptures. He played in 3D as easily as in 2D.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. No one person should have that much talent - I'm not convinced he was human.

Doré, the greatest illustrator ever, grandfather of graphic novels, hehehe. Thanks for the beautifully done video

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment.

One of my favourite printmakers!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm very glad to hear it. One of very few I would call an actual genius.

Thank you Pete, wonderful videos, stories and narrative. Best regards, Annie

Another absolutely wonderful video Pete. I am amazed he lived so briefly but inspired so many who came after him. Now that I see his works, I realized how he inspired generations of other artists; Beardsley, Crane, Rackham, Booth, Pyle all covered the same subjects. I was fortunate to be able to see his famous sculpture ' The Vintage Vase' at the De Young museum in San Francisco during my years there.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi Albert and I'm glad you enjoyed it. And I'm glad to see it's doing pretty well for views and favourable comments. I had never encountered the vase sculptire duting my researches ( the idiosyncracies of the internet search) so I just had a look. It beggars belief.

Apparently a natural born artist ... beautiful work you chose *THX Pete*

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks. The hard part was having to decide what to leave out. 10,000 illustrations in 35 years...the mind boggles.

@mijiyoon5575

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard Yes, incredible amount of work he did

Thank you for all your video's.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. It's very welcome.

So glad you have done Dore. I have his illustrated version of Milton's Paradise Lost. So good. Great documentary as always.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment and appreciation. I struggle to find anything by Doré I don't admire, but Paradise Lost is a really significant work, so suited to his dark grandeur.

Thank you so much! Your work is what all videos should aspire to, easily among the best on-line.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and that's a very nice tging to say. Thanks a lot.

I love your videos! You're doing us all a great service, and an honor to the artists you cover.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your positive response to the channel content.

Am new to your channel, but you’ve given me an enormous hit of nostalgia. Found the Artzybasheff video first, and I well remember many of his drawings from Time . Thank you for the wonderfully researched and produced videos!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and welcome to the channe and I hope you continue to find more content that is of interest. Thanks for the positive comment.

I knew him, but not his earlier work. Thank you for tying it all together! He was a true master at hatching, wich influenced generations of illustrators! I am currently looking for 'Les fables de Lafontaine', but there are many versions.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment. And that there are many versions is so much better than if there were none.

Thank you so much for your wonderful presentation of Doré's work. He is one of my favorite artists of all time. I'm still amazed by the volume of work he was able to create in his lifetime. Such talent!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation. Apparently he was so prolific that at the height of his popularity he was keeping around 40 different engravers in work.

Another wonderful presentation. Your voice is icing on a cake when viewing the fine art.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hi and thanks a lot for your appreciation. And that;s very flattering about my vocal delivery - to me it just sounds like me.

Thanks, Pete; a superb video. I love Dore; I got a book about his life and work when I was fourteen, and I still have it somewhere. Since then, I've been fascinated by him and his work. I don't know where he got the energy and levels of concentration to produce so much high-quality work at such a volume. No telly in those days. That's probably why.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and my own obsession with Dorés work started at about that age. I had no idea what an engraving was (and even now it seems like some form of alchemy to me) but more than half a century later I still get chills when looking at the images.Apparently at one point he was keeping over 40 engravers in regular work.

@simonward-horner7605

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard He was a prodigy, that's for sure. He was never really appreciated as a painter in his time. I wonder why - they look pretty good to me.

This is great! One of my favorite illustrators ever since I saw first his work on the "Divine Comedy"

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I've very glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the appreciation.

Dear Mr Beard. Thank you for this presentation on a very talented artist. He seems to be influential pioneer on other visual creators as I recognised in some pictures "Jubba the Hut" and scenes from "Flash Gordon" . He may even have inspired the Martin brothers to produce their grotesque bird creamics.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation of the video. A talent as profound as Doré's inevitably works its magic on subsequent generations in ways we can only guess at.

I thought I knew something of Dore. Once again, your research and superb presentation have overwhelmed my senses! I have a 14 year old granddaughter who is now following your narrative and unveiling of so many unknown or forgotten illustrators. Bravo!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again, and I must admit in the making of the video I discovered a fair bit I had previously not known, so three cheers for lifelong learning. And many thanks for your inter-generational reruitment too.

the London views, the Ancient Mariner, the Dante collaboration (that is essentially what it was, even if they were separated by centuries) and everything else I have ever seen of M Doré's... overwhelming...

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and no arguments from me on that score.

Thank you for these beautiful, amazing videos.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and my thanks to you for your positive comment.

Incredibly locked in artist.

@petebeard

9 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment.

Thank you, Pete. I've been so looking forward to this one.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot - I'm glad it wasn't a disappointment.

Me encanta Dore!!!! Muchas gracias por el aporte!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hola y estoy muy agradecido por su aprecio - y suscripción. Muchas gracias.

Thank you very much. He has been at the source of my "inner landscape" for the entirety of my life. Was lovely to listen to.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation f the video is very welcome. Like you, Doré has been with me for the best part of my life time.

A superb presentation of this artist's work! Well done, again, Pete. The musical accompaniment makes for a masterful video. For those of us who like to dabble in drawing, Doré is one of those illustrators who give rise to the reaction: 'just give up and die.' Regarding steel engraving, where the original copper plate is given a steel coating through electrolysis, I always understood this was to enable multiple impressions to be run through the press, rather than to increase the detail of the illustration. I must research the process further.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment. And regarding the bit about steel engraving I have to admit I merely repeated what the source asserted, so it may well be that I was completely mistaken. I further admit that all that stuff seems like some form of alchemy to me as I've never done anything that wasn't printed by offset litho, or in one or two cases silk screen.

Grew up in my grandfather's house and he had a copy of Dantes Inferno and i loved the illustrations

@petebeard

11 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment about Doré's genius.

Thank you for these amazing videos!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks to you for your appreciation of the channel.

The work u put in this piece is excellent. Most enjoyable, thank u.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your appreciation.

Thankyou for a great series of videos.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation is very welcome.

Thank you for making this He's one of my favourite illustrators

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and you are more than welcome. Thanks for the appreciation.

I have been fascinated with Doré since I came across his work in an "Arabian Nights" at age...7? One of my prize possessions is a 19th-century folio volume of Don Quixote with the COMPLETE Doré illustrations! $2.00 at the closeout of an old-book store! The binding's seen better days, but so have I. And just when I began wondering how I could scan everything I wanted for a music video without ruining the binding -- not to speak of Moiré problems -- I found the whole corpus was now online ready for screencapture! He has, IMHO, but rarely been equalled and never surpassed. And considering the huge gulf between a style consisting of nothing but lines and one composed entirely of dots (pixels) he is most unlikely ever to be. Kudos to you for this one!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for another comment. Everything used in the video was downloaded from one source or another so no books were harmed in its making. I did notice some of the images were cursed with the moiré effect as the lines fought it out with the pixcels. A great pity but inevitable I think.

@wynnschaible

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard So I have found it. BTW, I also have a Divina Commedia (with at least most of Doré's work) from 1947. Dover (no fly-by-night house) reprinted the Doré illustrations in the 90s. They weren't nearly as well rendered!

The music's new, but the presentation is the usual nigh perfect "you-didn't -know-you-wanted-to-know-this" one. Well done.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and your ongoing appreciation of my work for the channel is very welcome. My sincere thanks.

Wow! Thanks so much, I needed something like this. What a talent!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and yes, talent of a magnitude that makes me wonder if he was actually human.

Brilliant, as always!! Thanks Pete!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thabks for your favourable comment.

incredible talent and output... so inspiring.

@petebeard

8 ай бұрын

Thanks and I couldn't agree more.

Good content, big fan of mister Doré. Thanks for this gems

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks for the comment.

Maravilloso. La magia en las manos. Arte Mayor lleva su nombre. Que modo extraordinario de trabajar. !! Aprender. Aprender. Ser Humildes ante la Excelencia. ❤🙇💎

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Olá e muito obrigado pelos seus comentários. E as minhas desculpas por não conseguir perceber se és português ou espanhol. Nós ingleses somos muito maus com outras línguas.

@martaorlando7080

Жыл бұрын

@@petebeard holaaa buen día! ! Soy de Buenos Aires Argentina. Muchísimas gracias. Admirable tu trabajo. Un abrazo infinito!!!!!!

Beautifully done. Thank you.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Your comment is appreciated.

Always a favorite.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for the comment.

Amazing how much work Dore completed. Stunning work that he consistantly produced.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and it's hard to imagine how one human could create so much great work in just 35 years.

Thanks again. Your videos have a knack of showing up at the best times. I'm so glad to know more about this fascinating artist. Your videos are art in their own right. Art about art! 😍 Thanks for all your hard work. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again and thanks so much for your appreciation and longstanding commitment to the channel. It means a lot.

Beautiful detailed work. I've seen a few of the illustrations but I doubt I could lay my ungloved hands any now. Thanks for sharing

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm not convinced Doré was actualyl human.10,000 images in 35 years?

Thanks again Pete. Interesting to see his consistent composition, he was clearly very fond of the diagonal.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks for your appreciation. He seemed to have an unfailing talent for knowing when to tighten in on his subjects, or expand for more scenic images. Just one of his enviable list of talents.

Wow, so much talent!!!! Awesome video. Thanks Pete!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

Doré is one of my inspiring master of Art. Thank You for bring him for your channel.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your favourable comment.

Glad to see the channel growing. Keep up the great work.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello again, and the channel sems to be a two steps forward, one step back sort of affair but however slowly it is heading in the right direction. Thanks for your support.

thank you for featuring Dore!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and you're welcome.

just love his works, esp the paradise losts ones!!

@petebeard

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment.

Doré is my personal hero and along with Cornelis Jetses has been a great inspiration for me. Thank you for this presentation, I am glad I've found your channel. Hello from your new subscriber!

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your comment and subscription. And even more thanks for the name Cornelis Jetses. He was previously unknown to me and a quick google reveals he will make an excellent feature in the unsung heroes series. I've featured other Dutch illustrators to date but he has eluded me until now. Thanks a lot.

Truly one of the finest illustrators of literature, thank you so much for sharing these treasures.

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and many thanks for your comment and apreciation of the video

Another brilliant work- thank you

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and thanks a lot for your appreciation.

Thank you so much for this inspiring video about such a great artist..

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and your appreciation of the video is very welcome.

So precious and helpful, thank you🙏

@petebeard

Жыл бұрын

Hello and I'm very grateful for your support and comment.