The Wonder Clock - Couverture souple

Pyle, Howard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1599153394 ISBN 13 : 9781599153391

Editeur : Yesterday's Classics, 2009

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Howard Pyle (1853–1911) was an American illustrator and writer, primarily of books for young audiences. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry (now Drexel University), and after 1900 he founded his own school of art and illustration called the Howard Pyle School of Illustration Art. The term the Brandywine School was later applied to the illustration artists and Wyeth family artists of the Brandywine region by Pitz (later called the Brandywine School). Some of his more famous students were Olive Rush, N. C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Elenore Abbott, Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle, Allen Tupper True, Anna Whelan Betts, Ethel Franklin Betts, Harvey Dunn, Philip R. Goodwin, and Jessie Willcox Smith. His 1883 classic The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print to this day, and his other books, frequently with medieval European settings, include a four-volume set on King Arthur that cemented his reputation. He wrote an original novel, Otto of the Silver Hand, in 1888. He also illustrated historical and adventure stories for periodicals such as Harper's Weekly and St. Nicholas Magazine. His novel Men of Iron was made into a movie in 1954, The Black Shield of Falworth. Pyle travelled to Florence, Italy to study mural painting in 1910, and died there in 1911 of sudden kidney infection (Bright's Disease).

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This collection contains one tale for each hour including ""Master Clock: How Boots Befooled the King,"" ""The Three Little Pigs and the Ogre,"" and others. A large measure of Pyle's amazing success with youngsters is his genius as an illustrator and this book includes some of his most unforgettable drawings. 148 illustrations.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yesterday's Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1599153394
• ISBN 13: 9781599153391
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 440