This lavishly illustrated book presents the full breadth of Hugo's talent. Hugo's drawings afford a greater insight into the creative brilliance that brought forth some of the most indelible stories of all time.
As poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist, critic, political activist, andeader of the Romantic movement in France, Hugo (1802-1885) loomed large overiterature and cultural life in France for the major part of...
Graphic novel treatment of Victor Hugo's classic novel about a misunderstood bell ringer.
Analyzes the major themes and motifs in Hugo's novels, describes his poetic and moral vision, and assesses his accomplishments as a writer
Drawings by Victor Hugo: Catalogue
Tells the story and controversy behind one of Rodin's lesser-known works.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
His book, Text, Image and the Problem with Perfection in Nineteenth-Century France, is an interdisciplinary study of the many utopian discourses that circulated in French society in the decades after the revolution.
Reproduction of the original.
... c'est un maître dans le goût de Salvator Rosa , j'ai vu une cascade de lui à la vente d'Erard — magnifique . ” As for Rosa waterfalls , could Gautier have seen , in some form or other , the impressive Grotta con cascata ( S 70 ) ...