Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Pictures by Gustave Doré and Edwin Long, R. An., on View at 35, New Bond Street, London (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Great Pictures by Gustave Doré and Edwin Long, R. An., On View at 35, New Bond Street, London Wonderful as is the anatomical knowledge manifested by M. Doré yet he never over-accentuates nor introduces muscle for the mere purpose of displaying his study. In his fore-shortening, which seems carried out by a magical rapidity almost intuitive, the painter emulates the tours de force of Sebastiano del Piombo, or the dazzling audacity of Luca Giordano. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.