BooksList.Best
Search

Une Semaine de Bonté

10 best books like Une Semaine de Bonté (Max Ernst): The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Amphigorey Too, The Complete Illuminated Books, Cautionary Tales for Children, J.W. Waterhouse, Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, The World of Edward Gorey, The Twelve Terrors of Christmas, Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art, The Epiplectic Bicycle

The Gashlycrumb Tinies
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0747541604
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the alphabet) and their untimely deaths in rhyming dactylic couplets, accompanied by the author's distinctive...
Amphigorey Too
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0399504206
contains The Beastly Baby, The Nursery Frieze, The Pious Infant, The Evil Garden, The Inanimate Tragedy, The Gilded Bat, The Iron Tonic, The Osbick Bird, The Chinese Obelisks (bis), The Deranged Cousins, The Eleventh Episode, [The Untitled Book], The Lavender Leotard, The Disrespectful Summons,...
The Complete Illuminated Books
AuthorWilliam Blake
ISBN0500282455
In his Illuminated Books, William Blake combined text and imagery on a single page in a way that had not been done since the Middle Ages. For Blake, religion and politics, intellect and emotion, mind and body were both unified and in conflict with each other: his work is expressive of his personal mythology,...
Cautionary Tales for Children
AuthorHilaire Belloc
ISBN0151007152
For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward...
J.W. Waterhouse
AuthorPeter Trippi
John William Waterhouse is among the most popular Victorian artists and many of his paintings, such as The Lady of Shallot, Hylas and the Nymphs and Ophelia, have become icons of femininity recognized the world over. With their compelling composition, glowing colour and Impressionist-inflected...
Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams
AuthorDiane Waldman
ISBN0810912279
"Out of the fantasies that enriched a private, often reclusive life, Joseph Cornell created a "poetic theater of memory." His box constructions and collages feature such characters as a Medici princess, birds, ballerinas, and movie stars. Using the seemingly commonplace materials that he collected...
The World of Edward Gorey
AuthorClifford Ross
ISBN0810990830
Though I've been attracted to Gorey's art for some time now, I couldn't have told you before I read this book why I was. According to the interview here, Gorey adores Dickens (especially his lesser-read works) and, according to interpretation offered in the essay, in his art he both celebrates and parodies...
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas
AuthorJohn Updike
ISBN0764937103
Aaaaaa! So much to fear!

From the tree -


At night, you can hear it rustling and slurping water out of the bucket.

To the big man himself -


If he's such a big shot, why is he drawing unemployment for eleven months of the year?

Not to mention those sinister...
Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art
AuthorKirsten Anderson
ISBN0867196181
With its origins in 1960's hot rod culture and underground comics, Pop Surrealism has evolved into a vilified, vital, and exciting art movement. Includes: - informative essays by art luminaries Robert Williams, Carlo McCormick, and Larry Reid- Foreword by Kirsten Anderson- images from twenty-three...
The Epiplectic Bicycle
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0747541655
I do love Edward Gorey and this is a great little oddity. It appears no one dies during this story, but do they really not die? The end leaves us wondering what happened to the kids and what is going on?? This is about 2 kids and a bicycle having adventures. It did make me laugh. There are not that many frames,...
Childhood Is Hell
AuthorMatt Groening
ISBN0007180268
I read this in hiding when I was in 5th grade. It doesn't seem so scandalous anymore. Just remember there is more to Matt Groening than The Simpsons- he actually used to be kind of cool! Look out for the Marlys reference: Groening and Lynda Barry are good friends.

I realized one of my favorite things...
Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phantasie.
AuthorLuigi Serafini
ISBN3791306510
Questo codice miniato fantastico e misterioso, "l'enciclopedia di un visionario" (nella definizione di Italo Calvino), continua da anni ad affascinarci per la sua capacità di rivelazione, che si cela dietro l'enigma di una grafia chiarissima eppure sfuggente. Una nuova edizione, arricchita...
About
Feedback
© BooksList.Best 2024