Happy Hanukkah to all our Jewish readers! I've only recently noticed that Gustave Dorés Bible etchings have been colored and reprinted in two volumes! Israeli artist Isaac Inbal devoted 9 years of his life to complete the task. I presume that this has been done digitally?
Both the Old & New Testaments are available separately from here:
2 comments:
Dore's magnificent etchings are best left alone. Looking at Dore's original Jacob Wrestling The Angel alongside the gaudy colorized version only makes me appreciate Dore's original etchings even more.
I know what you mean Paul. There have been other less successful attempts to colorize Dore's pictures - see www.dorebible.com. I chose the best example.
Coloring etchings does seem to hide the detail!
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