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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Gustav Dore
Happy Birthday Gustav Dore! French born (1832) Dore was foremost a book illustrator who produced hundreds of Biblical illustrations (as well as others). His medium was primarily woodcuts, however he also sculpted stone. The Agony in the Garden is a prime example of his powerful style. Remember, this is a woodcut! This means it was carved from wood (with the blackest black being the highest point in the cut and the white, the lowest) and printed. Amazing!!
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I remember having a woodcut in my hands once. My fingers still remember it. I was bewildered by my comprehension that occurred as my finger traced and followed. I wonder if there are woodcuts in museums that people were allowed to touch. Do some of them have oils from many fingers of people having moments like I remember?
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