4 thoughts on “Illustrations by Gustave Dore (in anticipation of our upcoming discussion of Picture Books)”
I had to look twice at the illustration of the story called “Hop O’ My Thumb.” How terrifying! This is a children’s story? Even the description of the story, which I’d never heard of before, is absolutely chilling even for an adult.
The picture depicts the moment in the story when the main character tricks the ogre that has threatened to kill him and his brothers into killing his own daughters by cutting their hair off so that they resemble boys. THIS is a story told to children. Wow.
Just by the image for the story Donkey-Skin, I am intrigued about it. To me this is an example of how powerful an image can be. When i read the story, I wondered why this has not been made into a movie yet. I guess because it has a lot of similarities with Cinderella. The image is a great example how an image can say a thousand words. I like how dark and gloomy the images for a fairy tale. It’s just weird that these images are so mature for that time and they were used in fairy tales.
The image of Donkey-Skin alone portrayed a different approach on the story of Cinderella tale. This image from Perrault’s Cinderella-esque tale encapsulates the plot of the story that presumes to be one his peculiar tale. I find the image of the young girl fleeing from the castle in the Donkey hind captivating to note the climax of the story. One thing illustrations add to a story is an abundant space to interpret a story under the perspective of the reader. With this image, in particular I found it easy to interpret the events that occurred. Illustrations depicted by beautiful and detailed images that entice the readers to image the unseen.
I had to look twice at the illustration of the story called “Hop O’ My Thumb.” How terrifying! This is a children’s story? Even the description of the story, which I’d never heard of before, is absolutely chilling even for an adult.
The picture depicts the moment in the story when the main character tricks the ogre that has threatened to kill him and his brothers into killing his own daughters by cutting their hair off so that they resemble boys. THIS is a story told to children. Wow.
Below is a direct link to the picture.
http://library.tulane.edu/exhibits/files/original/9e4f283b20b6263853d9c799c4ab0df4.jpg
Definitely not Shrek!
Just by the image for the story Donkey-Skin, I am intrigued about it. To me this is an example of how powerful an image can be. When i read the story, I wondered why this has not been made into a movie yet. I guess because it has a lot of similarities with Cinderella. The image is a great example how an image can say a thousand words. I like how dark and gloomy the images for a fairy tale. It’s just weird that these images are so mature for that time and they were used in fairy tales.
The image of Donkey-Skin alone portrayed a different approach on the story of Cinderella tale. This image from Perrault’s Cinderella-esque tale encapsulates the plot of the story that presumes to be one his peculiar tale. I find the image of the young girl fleeing from the castle in the Donkey hind captivating to note the climax of the story. One thing illustrations add to a story is an abundant space to interpret a story under the perspective of the reader. With this image, in particular I found it easy to interpret the events that occurred. Illustrations depicted by beautiful and detailed images that entice the readers to image the unseen.