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That work, however, in its entirety, was far +too costly for the larger and ever-widening circle of M. Dore's +admirers, and to meet the felt and often-expressed want of this +class, and to provide a volume of choice and valuable designs +upon sacred subjects for art-loving Biblical students generally, +this work was projected and has been carried forward. The aim has +been to introduce subjects of general interest—that is, those +relating to the most prominent events and personages of +Scripture—those most familiar to all readers; the plates being +chosen with special reference to the known taste of the American +people. To each cut is prefixed a page of letter-press—in, +narrative form, and containing generally a brief analysis of the +design. Aside from the labors of the editor and publishers, the +work, while in progress, was under the pains-taking and careful +scrutiny of artists and scholars not directly interested in the +undertaking, but still having a generous solicitude for its +success. It is hoped, therefore, that its general plan and +execution will render it acceptable both to the appreciative and +friendly patrons of the great artist, and to those who would wish +to possess such a work solely as a choice collection of +illustrations upon sacred themes.</p> +<br><br><br><br> +<center><h2>GUSTAVE DORE.</h2></center> +<br> +<p>The subject of this sketch is, perhaps, the most original and +variously gifted designer the world has ever known. At an age +when most men have scarcely passed their novitiate in art, and +are still under the direction and discipline of their masters and +the schools, he had won a brilliant reputation, and readers and +scholars everywhere were gazing on his work with ever-increasing +wonder and delight at his fine fancy and multifarious gifts. He +has raised illustrative art to a dignity and importance before +unknown, and has developed capacities for the pencil before +unsuspected. He has laid all subjects tribute to his genius, +explored and embellished fields hitherto lying waste, and opened +new and shining paths and vistas where none before had trod. To +the works of the great he has added the lustre of his genius, +bringing their beauties into clearer view and warming them to a +fuller life.</p> + +<p>His delineations of character, in the different phases of +life, from the horrible to the grotesque, the grand to the comic, +attest the versatility of his powers; and, whatever faults may be +found by critics, the public will heartily render their quota of +admiration to his magic touch, his rich and facile rendering of +almost every thought that stirs, or lies yet dormant, in the +human heart. It is useless to attempt a sketch of his various +beauties; those who would know them best must seek them in the +treasure—house that his genius is constantly augmenting with +fresh gems and wealth. To one, however, of his most prominent +traits we will refer—his wonderful rendering of the powers of +Nature.</p> + +<p>His early wanderings in the wild and romantic passes of the +Vosges doubtless developed this inherent tendency of his mind. +There he wandered, and there, mayhap, imbibed that deep delight +of wood and valley, mountain—pass and rich ravine, whose variety +of form and detail seems endless to the enchanted eye. He has +caught the very spell of the wilderness; she has laid her hand +upon him, and he has gone forth with her blessing. So bold and +truthful and minute are his countless representations of forest +scenery; so delicate the tracery of branch and stem; so +patriarchal the giant boles of his woodland monarchs, that the' +gazer is at once satisfied and entranced. His vistas lie +slumbering with repose either in shadowy glade or fell ravine, +either with glint of lake or the glad, long course of some +rejoicing stream, and above all, supreme in a beauty all its own, +he spreads a canopy of peerless sky, or a wilderness, perhaps, of +angry storm, or peaceful stretches of soft, fleecy cloud, or +heavens serene and fair—another kingdom to his teeming art, +after the earth has rendered all her gifts.</p> + +<p>Paul Gustave Dore was born in the city of Strasburg, January +10, 1833. Of his boyhood we have no very particular account. At +eleven years of age, however, he essayed his first artistic +creation—a set' of lithographs, published in his native city. +The following year found him in Paris, entered as a 7. student at +the Charlemagne Lyceum. His first actual work began in 1848, when +his fine series of sketches, the "Labors of Hercules," was given +to the public through the medium of an illustrated, journal with +which he was for a long time connected as designer. In 1856 were +published the illustrations for Balzac's "Contes Drolatiques" and +those for "The Wandering Jew "—the first humorous and grotesque +in the highest degree—indeed, showing a perfect abandonment to +fancy; the other weird and supernatural, with fierce battles, +shipwrecks, turbulent mobs, and nature in her most forbidding and +terrible aspects. Every incident or suggestion that could +possibly make the story more effective, or add to the horror of +the scenes was seized upon and portrayed with wonderful power. +These at once gave the young designer a great reputation, which +was still more enhanced by his subsequent works.</p> + +<p>With all his love for nature and his power of interpreting her +in her varying moods, Dore was a dreamer, and many of his finest +achievements were in the realm of the imagination. But he was at +home in the actual world also, as witness his designs for +"Atala," "London—a Pilgrimage," and many of the scenes in "Don +Quixote."</p> + +<p>When account is taken of the variety of his designs, and the +fact considered that in almost every task he attempted none had +ventured before him, the amount of work he accomplished is fairly +incredible. To enumerate the immense tasks he undertook—some +single volumes alone containing hundreds of illustrations—will +give some faint idea of his industry. Besides those already +mentioned are Montaigne, Dante, the Bible, Milton, Rabelais, +Tennyson's "Idyls of the King," "The Ancient Mariner, +Shakespeare, "Legende de Croquemitaine," La Fontaine's "Fables," +and others still.</p> + +<p>Take one of these works—the Dante, La Fontaine, or "Don +Quixote"—and glance at the pictures. The mere hand labor +involved in their production is surprising; but when the quality +of the work is properly estimated, what he accomplished seems +prodigious. No particular mention need be made of him as painter +or sculptor, for his reputation rests solely upon his work as an +illustrator.</p> + +<p>Dore's nature was exuberant and buoyant, and he was youthful +in appearance. He had a passion for music, possessed rare skill +as a violinist, and it is assumed that, had he failed to succeed +with his pencil, he could have won a brilliant reputation as a +musician.</p> + +<p>He was a bachelor, and lived a quiet, retired life with his +mother—married, as he expressed it, to her and his art. His +death occurred on January 23, 1883.</p> +<br><br><br><br> + +<center> +<table summary="Illustrations"> +<tr><td> +<h2>LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2> +<br> + +<a href="#front">GUSTAVE DORE</a><br> +<a href="#057">THE NATIVITY</a><br> +<a href="#058">THE STAR IN THE EAST</a><br> +<a href="#059">THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT</a><br> +<a href="#060">THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS</a><br> +<a href="#061">JESUS QUESTIONING THE DOCTORS</a><br> +<a href="#062">JESUS HEALING THE SICK</a><br> +<a href="#063">SERMON ON THE MOUNT</a><br> +<a href="#064">CHRIST STILLING THE TEMPEST</a><br> +<a href="#065">THE DUMB MAN POSSESSED</a><br> +<a href="#066">CHRIST IN THE SYNAGOGUE</a><br> +<a href="#067">THE DISCIPLES PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH</a><br> + + + + + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + + + + + +<br><br> +<a name="057"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE NATIVITY.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/057.jpg"><img alt="057th.jpg (37K)" src="images/057th.jpg" height="483" width="375"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a +decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. +(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of +Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own +city.</p> + +<p>And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of +Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called +Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) to +be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child. +And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were +accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth +her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid +him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the +inn.</p> + +<p>And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the +field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the +angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone +round about them: and they were sore afraid: And the angel said +unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of +great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born +this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the +Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe +wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly +there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host +praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on +earth peace, good will toward men.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them +into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go +even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, +which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, +and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And +when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which +was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it, +wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. +But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. +And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all +the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto +them.</p> + +<p>And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of +the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the +angel before he was conceived in the womb.—Luke ii.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="058"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE STAR IN THE EAST.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/058.jpg"><img alt="058th.jpg (31K)" src="images/058th.jpg" height="484" width="378"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of +Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to +Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that born King of the Jews? for we +have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.</p> + +<p>When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, +and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the +chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of +them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him; In +Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And +thou Bethlehem! in the land of Juda, are not the least among the +princes of Juda: for out of the shall come a Governor, that shall +rule my people Israel.</p> + +<p>Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired +of them diligently, what time the star appeared. And he sent them +to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young +child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I +may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they +parted; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went +before them, till it came and stood over where the young child +was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great +joy.—Matthew ii, I-10.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="059"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/059.jpg"><img alt="059th.jpg (27K)" src="images/059th.jpg" height="463" width="386"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord +appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young +child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there +until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to +destroy him.</p> + +<p>When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by +night, and departed into Egypt: and was there until the death of +Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by +the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.—Matthew +ii 13-15.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="060"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/060.jpg"><img alt="060th.jpg (32K)" src="images/060th.jpg" height="483" width="377"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, +was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children +that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two +years old and under, according to the time which he had +diligently enquired of the wise men.</p> + +<p>Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the +prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, +and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, +and would not be comforted, because they are not.—Matthew ii, +16-18.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="061"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>JESUS QUESTIONING THE DOCTORS.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/061.jpg"><img alt="061th.jpg (40K)" src="images/061th.jpg" height="479" width="382"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of +the passover.</p> + +<p>And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem +after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the +days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in +Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother, knew not of it. But they, +supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey +and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And +when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, +seeking him.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in +the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing +them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were +astonished at his understanding and answers.</p> + +<p>And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said +unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy +father and I have sought thee sorrowing. And he said unto them, +How is it that, ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my +father's business? And they understood not the saying which he +spake unto them.</p> + +<p>And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was +subject unto them but his mother kept all these sayings in her +heart.</p> + +<p>And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with +God and man. Luke ii, 41-52.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="062"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>JESUS HEALING THE SICK.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/062.jpg"><img alt="062th.jpg (40K)" src="images/062th.jpg" height="485" width="376"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their +synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing +all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the +people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought +unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and +torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those +which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy;—and he healed +them.—Matthew iv, 23—24.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="063"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>SERMON ON THE MOUNT.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/063.jpg"><img alt="063th.jpg (43K)" src="images/063th.jpg" height="486" width="390"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And there followed him great multitudes of people from +Galilee, and from Decapolis and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, +and from beyond Jordan.</p> + +<p>And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and +when he was set, his disciples came unto him. And he opened his +mouth and taught them.</p> + +<p>And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the +people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one +having authority, and not as the scribes.</p> + +<p>When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes +followed him.—Matthew iv, 25; v, 1-2, 28-29, viii, I.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="064"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>CHRIST STILLING THE TEMPEST.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/064.jpg"><img alt="064th.jpg (33K)" src="images/064th.jpg" height="487" width="384"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed +him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, +insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was +asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, +Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye +fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the +winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men +marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds +and the sea obey him?—Matthew viii, 23-27.</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="065"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE DUMB MAN POSSESSED.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/065.jpg"><img alt="065th.jpg (34K)" src="images/065th.jpg" height="486" width="384"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man +possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb +spake: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen +in Israel.</p> + +<p>But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the +prince of the devils.—Matthew ix, 32-34</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="066"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>CHRIST IN THE SYNAGOGUE.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/066.jpg"><img alt="066th.jpg (37K)" src="images/066th.jpg" height="492" width="383"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these +parables, he departed thence. And when he was come into his own +country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they +were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and +these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his +mother called Mary? and his brethren James, and Joses, and Simon, +and Judas? And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then +hath this man all these things?</p> + +<p>And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A +prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his +own house.</p> + +<p>And he did not many mighty works there because of their +unbelief.—Matthew xiii, 53-58</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="067"></a> +<br><br> +<center> +<h2>THE DISCIPLES PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH.</h2> +<br><br> +<a href="images/067.jpg"><img alt="067th.jpg (34K)" src="images/067th.jpg" height="468" width="393"></a> +</center> +<br> + +<p>And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on +the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck +the ears of corn.</p> + +<p>And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the +sabbath day that which is not lawful?</p> + +<p>And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when +he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with +him? How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar +the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful +to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with +him? And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not +man for the sabbath: Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the +sabbath.—Mark ii, 23-28.</p> + + + +<br> +<br> + + + +<center> +<table summary="" cellPadding=4 border=3> +<tr><td> + <a href="p5.htm">Previous Part</a> +</td><td> + <a href="8710-h.htm">Main Index</a> +</td><td> + <a href="p7.htm">Next Part</a> + </td></tr> +</table> +</center> +<br><br> + +</body> +</html> + |